Acmaeops marginata explained

Acmaeops marginata is a species of the Lepturinae subfamily in the longhorn beetle family. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1781[1] and is known from Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Baltic states, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Norway, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine,[2] China, Mongolia, and Montenegro. Adult beetle feeds on Scots pine, and Norway spruce.[1]

Description

Adults of this species are brown-black in colour and 7- long. They fly from May to June during which months they feed on various Pinus species.[3]

Subtaxa

There are three varieties in species:[1]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id11211/ BioLib
  2. Web site: Acmaeops marginatus (Fabricius, 1781). https://web.archive.org/web/20121017095826/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=115026. dead. October 17, 2012. Fauna Europaea. 2.6.2. 29 August 2013. 28 March 2015.
  3. Web site: Acmaeops marginatus (Fabricius, 1781). Cerambyx. 28 March 2015.