''Stenurella bifasciata'' is a species of
beetle in the family
Cerambycidae.
Etymology
The Latin species name ''bifasciata'' means "with a double fascia".
Subspecies
*''Stenurella bifasciata intermedia''
Holzschuh, 2006
*''Stenurella bifasciata lanceolata''
(Mulsant & Rey, 1863)
*''Stenurella bifasciata limbiventris''
(Reitter, 1898)
*''Stenurella bifasciata nigrosuturalis''
(Reitter, 1895)
*''Stenurella bifasciata safronovi''
Danilevsky, 2011
Distribution
This species is present in most of Europe, in the eastern
Palearctic realm, and in the
Near East
The ''Near East''; he, המזרח הקרוב; arc, ܕܢܚܐ ܩܪܒ; fa, خاور نزدیک, Xāvar-e nazdik; tr, Yakın Doğu is a geographical term which roughly encompasses a transcontinental region in Western Asia, that was once the hist ...
(Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China, Corsica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Sardinia, Serbia, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Syria, Turkey, and Ukraine).
Fauna europaea
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Habitat
These longhorn beetles live in meadows and slopes in foothills and valleys.
Description
''Stenurella bifasciata'' can reach a length of .[Cerambycidae]
/ref> Head, antennae, pronotum and legs are black. Pronotum is slightly punctured. Elytra are yellow brown in the males, while in the females they are red, with a widely darkened elytron's suture, black apices and a black heart-shaped or rhomboid marking, sometimes missing in the males. The last three abdominal segments are usually red. The eleventh (last) antennal segment is longer than the tenth.
Biology
Life cycle last 2 years. Larvae develop in dead wood of deciduous trees.[ They mainly feed on Pedunculate Oak ('' Quercus robur''), Fig ('']Ficus carica
The fig is the edible fruit of ''Ficus carica'', a species of small tree in the flowering plant family Moraceae. Native to the Mediterranean and western Asia, it has been cultivated since ancient times and is now widely grown throughout the world ...
''), White Willow ('' Salix alba''), Dog-rose ('' Rosa canina'') and Spanish Broom ('' Spartium junceum'').[ Adults can be seen from May to September.][
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Gallery
File: Stenurella bifasciata side.JPG, Female of ''S. bifasciata''
File:Cerambycidae - Stenurella bifasciata.JPG, ''S. bifasciata''
File: Stenurella bifasciata 2 beentree.jpg, ''S. bifasciata'' feeding on ''Aruncus sylvestris''
File: Stenurella bifasciata up.jpg, ''S. bifasciata'' feeding on '' Rosa canina''
References
External links
Beetles anc Coleopterologists
Lepturinae
Beetles of Asia
Beetles of Europe
Beetles described in 1776
Taxa named by Otto Friedrich Müller
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