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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Longhorn Beetles (Cerambycidae) » Flower Longhorn Beetles (Lepturinae) » Lepturini » Strangalia » Strangalia luteicornis

Species Strangalia luteicornis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Flower longhorn - Strangalia luteicornis? - Strangalia luteicornis

Loghorn Beetle? - Strangalia luteicornis - male

Flower Longhorn Beetle - Strangalia luteicornis

flower longhorn - Strangalia luteicornis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)

Family Cerambycidae (Longhorn Beetles)

Subfamily Lepturinae (Flower Longhorn Beetles)

Tribe Lepturini

Genus Strangalia

Species luteicornis (Strangalia luteicornis)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Strangalia luteicornis (Fabricius)

Orig. Comb: Leptura luteicornis Fabricius 1775

Leptura luticornis, Ophistomis eversa, Ophistomis carolinae, Ophistomis luteicornis, Strangalina luteicornis

Explanation of Names

luteicornis (L). 'yellow horn' (1)

Size

9-14 mm

Identification

A zebra-striped Strangalia. Pattern is bold. Background is yellowish. Resembles some Typocerus, but note the body shape. Very common.

Range

e US (TX-FL-NH-IA) (BG data); Ontario

Habitat

Deciduous forests and edges

Season

May-July (BG data)

Food

Adults take nectar and/or pollen at flowers, are said to be especially fond of sumac.

Life Cycle

Larvae feed on decaying wood of several deciduous trees and woody vines such as Viburnum, Grapes (Vitis), Beech (Fagus) and Elm (Ulmus).. Adults attracted to UV light.

Remarks

Most common Strangalia in Durham, North Carolina. Resembles zebra-striped Typocerus spp. Is this a mimicry complex? Perhaps they all mimic hymenopterans.

Types:

Holotype as Leptura luteicornis by Fabricius, 1775. Type Locality: Carolina. In the British Museum on Natural History, London, England.

Holotype as Ophistomis carolinae by Casey, 1913. Type Locality: South Carolina. In the United States National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian, Washington, D.C.

Syntype as Ophistomis eversa by Casey, 1913. Type Locality: Illinois. In the United States National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian, Washington, D.C.

See Also

Typocerus velutinus

Print References

Dillon, p. 623, plate LXII #2 (2)

Yanega, p. 39, fig. 56 (3)

Papp, pp. 218-219, fig. 729 (4)

Arnett, p. 300, fig. 702 (5)

Systema Entomologiae, 1775 by Fabricius, pg. 197.

Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1847-50, Series 2 Vol. 1 by LeConte, pg. 329.

The Canadian Entomologist, 1872, Vol. 4 by Rogers, pg. 119.

Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 1886, Vol. 13 by Horn, pg. 139.

Coleoptera or Beetles Known to Occur in Indiana, 1910 by Blatchley, pg. 1051.

Memoirs on the Coleoptera, 1913, Vol. 4 by Casey, pg. 277.

Entomological News, 1925, Vol. 36 by Champlain et al., pg. 108.

The Coleopterists Bulletin, 1971, Vol. 25 #2 by Wilson, pg. 62.

The Great Lakes Entomologist, 1977, Vol. 10 #1 by Gosling & Gosling, pg. 7.

Beetles of Eastern North America, 2014 by Evans, pg. 399.

Internet References

Cerambycidae Catalog

North Carolina State University Entomology Collection has 113 pinned, including specimens from that state.

Nature Search

Forestry Images

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

2.	A Manual of Common Beetles of Eastern North America Dillon, Elizabeth S., and Dillon, Lawrence. 1961. Row, Peterson, and Company.

3.	Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Douglas Yanega. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey.

4.	Introduction to North American Beetles Charles S. Papp. 1984. Entomography Pubns.

5.	How to Know the Beetles Ross H. Arnett, N. M. Downie, H. E. Jaques. 1980. Wm. C. Brown Publishers.

Contributed by Cotinis on 23 March, 2004 - 4:47pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, lee_penner
Last updated 20 March, 2020 - 7:56pm

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