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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 » Strangalepta » Strangalepta abbreviata

Species Strangalepta abbreviata

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Works Cited
Longhorned Beetle - Strangalepta abbreviata Longhorned Beetle - Strangalepta abbreviata Flower Longhorn - Strangalepta abbreviata flower longhorn - Strangalepta abbreviata 1526 - Strangalepta abbreviata Fungus longhorn - Strangalepta abbreviata - female Flower longhorn - Strangalepta abbreviata Longhorn Beetle - Strangalepta abbreviata
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 Strangalepta
Species abbreviata (Strangalepta abbreviata)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Strangalepta abbreviata (Germar 1824)
Explanation of Names
Most individuals have an abbreviated pale stripe(1)
Size
10-14 mm(1)
Identification
elytra variable, usually striped, but may be all black. Pronotum relatively globose, w/o apical collar (unlike in Pidonia), which, like the elytra, is weakly punctate, with short pubescence.(1)
Range
e. NA(1)
Season
May-Aug(1)
Food
Larvae in decaying conifers and hardwoods(1)
Works Cited
1.Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
By Douglas Yanega
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Mike Boone, cotinis, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 30 November, 2011 - 7:53am

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