Pedostrangalia

Pedostrangalia
Pedostrangalia revestita
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cerambycidae
Subfamily: Lepturinae
Genus: Pedostrangalia
Sokolov, 1896

Pedostrangalia is a genus of beetles which belong to the subfamily Lepturinae in the family of longhorn beetles.[1][2]

Appearance

Medium-sized, slim, brown-red to black longhorn beetles. In all cases, some individuals have red wing-coverings, and some have black. The antennae are thin, and about the same length as the body. The pronotum is bell-shaped, with wings tapering backwards. The legs are medium-sized, and thin.

Life

The larvae develop in rotten, often dead, wood which is contact with living wood, often of different type of trees. Development usually takes two to three years. Adult beetles are most active in mid-summer, and visit a variety of flowers, particularly Apiaceae and other plants with white, open flowers. This is not true of all species. Lepturinae are lively insects compared to other longhorn beetles which are quite slow.

Habitat

The insects are found across most of Europe and Asia.

Species

Subgenus Neosphenalia Löbl, 2010

Subgenus Pedostrangalia (sensu stricto)

References

  1. ^ Özdi̇kmen, Hüseyi̇n (2004). "A check-list of the genus Pedostrangalia Sokolov, 1896 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) from Turkey with a new record". Journal of the Entomological Research Society. 6 (1): 23–31. ISSN 1302-0250.
  2. ^ Bílý, Svatopluk; Mehl, O. (1989). Longhorn Beetles - Coleoptera, Cerambycidae - Of Fennoscandia and Denmark. BRILL. pp. 75–76. ISBN 978-90-04-08697-5.
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