Leptura aethiops Poda, 1761

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Coleoptera → suborder Polyphaga → infraorder Cucujiformia → superfamily Chrysomeloidea → family Cerambycidae → subfamily Lepturinae → tribe Lepturini → genus Leptura → subgenus Leptura → species Leptura aethiops

Species name(s)

Leptura (Leptura) aethiops Poda, 1761 = Strangalia adustipennis Solsky, 1870 = Strangalia coreana Matsushita, 1933 = Strangalia doii Matsushita, 1933 = Stenocorus hollandicus niger Voet, 1806 = Leptura unicolor Olivier, 1792 = Stenura aterrima Motschulsky, 1860 = Prionus ater Scopoli, 1772 = Leptura Æthiops Poda, 1761 = Leptura Æthiops semibicolor Pic, 1912 = Leptura aethiops letzneri Gabriel, 1895 = Leptura aethiops Poda, 1761. [187]

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:149447

Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 2.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic, Indo-Malayan.

Flight time

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Detailed information with references

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

Leptura aethiops Poda, 1761 (Bijiaoui, 1986 ; Bense, 1995 ; Niisato, 2001 ; Wang, 2003 ; Slama, 2006 ; Ohbayashi & Niisato, 2007 ; Sama et al., 2008 ; Allemand et al., 2009) = Prionus ater Scopoli, 1772 = Leptura melanaria Herbst, 1784 = Leptura unicolor Olivier, 1792 = Leptura hollandica nigra Voet, 1806 = Stenura atterima Motschulsky, 1860 = Strangalia adustipennis Solsky, 1870 = Strangalia aethiops Heyden, 1881 (Namhaidorzh, 1972) = Leptura (Stenura) aethiops Ganglbauer, 1882 (Ganglbauer, 1887) = Leptura atra Kolbe, 1886 (nec Fabricius, 1775) = Leptura (Strangalia) aethiops Heyden, 1893 = Leptura letzneri Gabriel, 1895 = Leptura beckeri Gerhardt, 1910 = Strangalia (Strangalia) adustipennis Aurivillius, 1912 [catalogue] = Strangalia (Strangalia) aethiops Aurivillius, 1912 [catalogue] = Strangalia (Sphenalia) aethiops Heyrovsky, 1930 = Strangalia coreana Matsushita, 1933 = Strangalia doii Matsushita, 1933 = Leptura (Leptura) aethiops aethiops Gressitt, 1951 = Leptura (Leptura) aethiops adustipennis Gressitt, 1951 [194].

Distribution

Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Ukraine, Serbia, Kosovo, Voivodina, Montenegro, East Palaearctic, Oriental region [10].
Russian Regions: Magadan Region, Kamchatka Territory, Khabarovsk Territory, Amur Region, Primorsky Territory, Sakhalin, Kuriles (Kunashir, Shikotan, Iturup, Urup Islands); all of Siberia, Tuva, Altai, Ural, Caucasus, European part. Neighboring countries: Kazakhstan Japan, Korea Peninsula, NE China, C Mongolia, Afghanistan, Iran, Europe, Mediterranean [263].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Body Length: 12-15 mm. [249].
Pronotum of males and females is black. Nadkr. black or reddish-brown. V sternitis of the abdomen with a wide short longitudinal hollow. [263].

Imago lifespan

May-Aug [198].
From VI to VIII. It inhabits birch, hornbeam, maple, other hardwoods and cedar elfin. [263].

General info about Larva

Larvae under bark and in wood [263].

Pupa

Pupate after the 2nd wintering in V-VI in wood. The generation is biannual. [263].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Yuri Semejkin, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

Text data: Vasiliy Feoktistov, Yuri Semejkin.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

References

[10] de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2011) Fauna Europaea version 2.4 (faunaeur.org)
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org
[194] Barsevskis A. et al. 2015. Cerambycidae of the World: http://cerambycidae.org/
[198] M. Hoskovec & M. Rejzek Longhorn Beetles (Cerambycidae) of the West Palaearctic Region: http://www.cerambyx.uochb.cz/
[249] Плавильщиков Н.Н. Определитель насекомых Москва, Топикал, 1994
[263] Определитель насекомых Дальнего Востока России Том 3, жесткокрылые или жуки часть 3. Под общей редакцией члена-корреспондента РАН П. А. Лера.Владивосток, Дальнаука, 1996: