ssp. maculata (Poda, 1761)
[= Leptura maculata Poda, 1761]
[= Strangalia maculata (Poda, 1761)]
Subfamilia: LEPTURINAE / Tribus: LEPTURINI
[Photo © Michal Hoskovec]
This elegant species, a typical flower visitor, is one from the most common European longhorn beetles. Rutpela maculata has been described as Leptura maculata from Greece by Nicolaus Poda von Neuhaus in 1761 [✮]. The . maculata larvae develop in decaying wood of both deciduous and coniferous (less commonly) trees. Pupation occurs in wood in spring and early summer, life cycle at least 2 years. Adults, active from May to August, are diurnal and anthophilous [▽][❖].
Body length: ♂♂ 11.5 - 19 mm / ♀♀ 12 - 20 mm Life cycle: 2 - 3 years Adults in: May - August Host plant: polyphagous in deciduous trees (Quercus, Fagus, Carpinus, Salix, Alnus, Populus, Betula, Corylus etc.) Distribution: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corsica, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Sardinia, Serbia, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Syria, Turkey
The depicted beetle was photographed on flowers (Apiaceae) in Spišská Nová Ves-Novoveská Huta environs (Spišská Nová Ves district, Košice region, Slovakia) on June 24, 2017.Collected by Michal Hoskovec
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Poda von Neuhaus N.:
Insecta Musei Græcensis, quæ in ordines, genera et species Juxta Systema Naturæ Caroli Linnæi digessit Nicolaus Poda.
Widmanstad iii-viii + 127pp [page 37], 1761. [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 [pages 260-261], 1998 [ISBN: 80-238-2627-1]. [download[❖]
Danilevsky M.L.:
Longicorn beetles (Coleoptera, Cerambycoidea) of Russia and adjacent countries. Part 1.
Higher School Consulting, Moscow, 550pp [pages 336-337], 2014. [downloadVitali F.:
Atlas of the Insects of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg: Coleoptera, Cerambycidae.
Ferrantia, Musée national d’histoire naturelle, Luxembourg 79: 1-208 [pages 80-81], 2018. [download
[Photo © Milan Sláma]
The number, size, and shape of spots on the elytra of Rutpela maculata maculata are highly variable, as shown in the upper figure.
[Photo © Michal Hoskovec]
| Subfamilia | Lepturinae Latreille, 1802 |
| Tribus | Lepturini Latreille, 1802 |
| Genus | Rutpela Nakane et Ohbayashi, 1959 |
| Subgenus | Rutpela Nakane et Ohbayashi, 1959 |
| Species | Rutpela (Rutpela) maculata (Poda, 1761) |
| Subspecies | Rutpela (Rutpela) maculata maculata (Poda, 1761) |