[= Grammoptera variegata (Germar, 1824)]
[= Leptura analis Herrich-Schäffer, 1833]
[= Grammoptera femorata Mulsant, 1863]
[= Grammoptera analis Donisthorpe, 1938]
[= Grammoptera analis Donisthorpe, 1938]
Subfamilia: LEPTURINAE / Tribus: LEPTURINI
[Photo © Milan Lovětínský]
Grammoptera abdominalis develops in rotten branches of deciduous trees attacked by a fungus Vuilleminia comedens. The larvae of this species feed centrally in the branches and later they create pupal cells perpendicular to the branch axis. The pupal cell leads directly under the bark surface and is not secured by any wad of frass as it is common in other Cerambycidae. The preferred habitat of this species are oak woods growing on south facing slopes of river valleys in Central Europe [❖].
Grammoptera abdominalis, abroadly distributed beetle of European oak forests, has been described from Darenth village environs (Kent, England) Kent as Leptura abdominalis by James Francis Stephens in 1831 [❂][✳].
Body length: 5 - 10 mm Life cycle: 2 years Adults in: end of April - July Host plant: polyphagous on deciduous trees, associated with a fungus Vuilleminia comedens Distribution: Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Iran, Turkey/TD>
The depicted beetles were beaten from a blossoming hawthorn (Crataegus) in Žloukovice village environs (Beroun district, Central Bohemia, Czechia) on May 18, 2026.Collected by Miroslav Polcar
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Stephens J.F.:
Illustrations of British Entomology or, a synopsis of indigenous insects; containing their generic and specific distinctions; with an account of their metamorphoses, times of appearence, localities, food, and economy, as far as practicable. Mandibulata.
Baldwin & Cradock, London 4: 366pp [page 262], 1831. [download]
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Sláma M.E.F.:
Tesaříkovití – Cerambycidae České republiky a Slovenské republiky / Cerambycidae of the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic.
Milan Sláma private printing, Krhanice, 383pp [page 222], 1998 [ISBN: 80-238-2627-1]. [download[✳]
Tamutis V. and Alekseev V.:
A survey of Lepturinae Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) of the south-eastern Baltic region (Lithuania and the Kaliningrad Region).
Biologija 66 (4): 169-235, 2020. [downloadDanilevsky M.L.:
Longicorn beetles (Coleoptera, Cerambycoidea) of Russia and adjacent countries. Part 1.
Higher School Consulting, Moscow, 550pp [pages 218-219], 2014. [download
[Photo © Milan Lovětínský]
| Subfamilia | Lepturinae Latreille, 1802 |
| Tribus | Lepturini Latreille, 1802 |
| Genus | Grammoptera Audinet-Serville, 1835 |
| Subgenus | Grammoptera Audinet-Serville, 1835 |
| Species | Grammoptera (Grammoptera) abdominalis (Stephens, 1831) |