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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 » Strangalia famelica

Species Strangalia famelica

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Flower Longhorn - Strangalia famelica - female Longhorn meeting - Strangalia famelica Strangalia famelica ? - Strangalia famelica Lepturne Beetle - Strangalia famelica - male Strangalia (and Odontocorynus?) - Strangalia famelica Strangalia famelica - male Flower Longhorn - Strangalia famelica - male Longhorned Beetle - Strangalia famelica - female
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
Species famelica (Strangalia famelica)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
First described in 1841 by Edward Newman as Strangalia famelica
Explanation of Names
famelica is Latin for "famished, starved", likely referring to the attenuated abdomen (the very next description in Newman's article was Strangalia emaciata).
Numbers
Two subspecies:
Strangalia famelica famelica Newman, 1841 (ITIS)
Strangalia famelica solitaria Haldeman, 1847 (ITIS)
Size
10-17 mm
Identification
Antennae black, elytra variable but has at least two pairs of dark spots. Tip of abdomen is extended in male. Abdomen of female is usually reddish (1). Note strong the sexual dimorphism--male has a long, attenuated abdominal tip.
Range
subspecies famelica: east of Appalachian mountains, esp. along Atlantic coast
subspecies solitaria: west of Appalachian mountains--Midwest
Habitat
Deciduous forests
Season
May-July
Food
Adults come to flowers for nectar and/or pollen.
Life Cycle
Larvae feed on decaying wood of chestnut, oak, birch.
See Also
Stranalia sexnotata
Print References
Dillon p. 623, plate LXII #4 (2)
Yanega, p. 39, plate 5, figs. 57 a-c (1)
Internet References
Longhorn Beetles of Florida
Insects of Cedar Creek--no image, but lists as present in June, July
Cerambycidae of Florida--photo of specimen
North Carolina State University has 32 pinned in collection, including specimens from that state.
Beetles of Florida gives range as Massachusetts to Florida
Coleoptera of Oklahoma--range west to Oklahoma
The Entomologist, v.1(1840-1842), p.68    Newman's original description of the species (in Latin)
Works Cited
1.Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
By Douglas Yanega
2.A Manual of Common Beetles of Eastern North America
By Dillon, Elizabeth S., and Dillon, Lawrence
Contributed by Cotinis on 15 June, 2004 - 10:07am
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, Chuck Entz
Last updated 8 August, 2010 - 11:40pm

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