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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Long-horned and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Longhorned Beetles (Cerambycidae) » Flower Longhorns (Lepturinae) » Lepturini » Strangalia

Genus Strangalia

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Internet References
LongHornBeetle - Strangalia famelica Flower Longhorn Beetle - Strangalia famelica - male Six-spotted Flower Strangalia Mating - Strangalia sexnotata - male - female Flower Longhorn - Strangalia famelica - male Longhorn - Strangalia luteicornis Strangalia virilis female - Strangalia virilis - female BG927 C8707 - Strangalia famelica - male Flower Longhorn Beetle - Strangalia famelica
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Long-horned and Leaf Beetles)
Family Cerambycidae (Longhorned Beetles)
Subfamily Lepturinae (Flower Longhorns)
Tribe Lepturini
Genus Strangalia
Numbers
Nearctica.com lists 11 species:
Strangalia acuminata
Strangalia antennata
Strangalia bicolor
Strangalia brachialis
Strangalia cambrei
Strangalia famelica
Strangalia luteicornis
Strangalia occidentalis
Strangalia sexnotata
Strangalia strigosa
Strangalia virilis
Identification
Some resemble Typocerus species, and often found with them on flowers. Abdomen (and elytra) of Strangalia is much more tapered towards tip.
Range
North America, also in Eurasia
Habitat
Fields with flowers, usually near deciduous woodlands
Season
Summer
Food
Adults take nectar and/or pollen--found on flowers.
Life Cycle
Larvae live in rotting wood.
Remarks
Guide TBA--PC (print refs, life cycle, size)

"Strangalia" probably refers to the thin, "strangulated" abdomen.
Print References
Dillon TBA
Yanega TBA
Internet References
Insects of Cedar Creek--notes S. luteicornis, S. famelica
north Carolina State University Entomology Collection lists for that state, with number pinned: acuminata (4), bicolor (27), famelica (32), luteicornis (113), sexnotata (162)
Contributed by Cotinis on 23 March, 2004 - 4:46pm
Additional contributions by McClarinJ
Last updated 20 August, 2007 - 5:43am

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