Stictoleptura variicornis explained

Stictoleptura variicornis is a species of longhorn beetle in the Lepturinae subfamily. It was described by Johan Wilhelm Dalman in 1817 and can be found in Poland, Russia, Ukraine, and the Baltic States.^[1] It can also be found in Asian countries like Mongolia and North Korea.^[2]

Description

The species is brown coloured with blackish-brown legs and antennae. The life span is 3 years, with a flight from June–August.^[3] Larvae live beneath the bark of dead wood, creating a pupal cell after its second hibernation. It can be found near Filipendula palmata flowers.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Eastern European distribution. https://web.archive.org/web/20070330025809/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=114933. dead. March 30, 2007. Fauna Europaea. 2.6.2. August 29, 2013. October 18, 2013.
2. Web site: Stictoleptura variicornis (Dalman, 1817). Bioilib.cz. April 16, 2012.
3. Web site: Description. Cerambyx. April 16, 2012.
4. Karpiński . L . Szczepański . WT . Boldgiv . B . Walczak . M . New data on the longhorn beetles of Mongolia with particular emphasis on the genus Eodorcadion Breuning, 1947 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae). . ZooKeys . 2018 . 739 . 107–150 . 10.3897/zookeys.739.23675 . free . 29674884 . 5904442 . 2018ZooK..739..107K .