Stictoleptura variicornis (Dalman, 1817)

Karpinski, Lech, Szczepanski, Wojciech T., Boldgiv, Bazartseren & Walczak, Marcin, 2018, New data on the longhorn beetles of Mongolia with particular emphasis on the genus Eodorcadion Breuning, 1947 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae), ZooKeys 739, pp. 107-150 : 111

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.739.23675

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scientific name

Stictoleptura variicornis (Dalman, 1817)
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Stictoleptura variicornis (Dalman, 1817) Fig. 1B, C View Figure 1

Material examined.

Selenge Aimag: 40 km NE of Zuunkharaa, dark taiga (48°57'N, 107°05'E), 1270 m a.s.l., 04 VIII 2015, 3♂♂, 3♀♀, on Filipendula palmata , 7♂♂, 3♀♀, on Chamaenerion angustifolium , leg. MW; 10♂♂, 2♀♀, on Filipendula palmata , leg. WTS; 3♂♂, on Filipendula palmata , leg. LK; 35 km NE of Zuunkharaa (48°59'N, 106°55'E) GoogleMaps , 1399 m a.s.l., 05 VIII 2015, 3♂♂, on Apiaceae , leg. LK.

Remarks.

Stictoleptura variicornis is distributed from eastern Europe to the Pacific Ocean coast including Japan ( Danilevsky 2017a). This species, which is rare in Europe, reaches the Białowieża Forest in Poland ( Gutowski 1995), where it is strictly protected by European law. It inhabits dead thick-trunked trees and the stumps of various coniferous and deciduous species. The larva initially lives under the bark and then in the wood, where it usually makes a pupal cell after its second hibernation. The flight period of this beetle occurs between the second half of June to mid-August ( Cherepanov 1990a). It is a common species in the Mongolian taiga. It was also recorded from Bulgan Aimag by Heyrovský (1973a).

Although the specimens were observed on the flowers of a few plant species, they seemed to prefer Filipendula palmata (Fig. 6C View Figure 6 ).