Stenurella bifasciata (O.F.Mueller, 1776)
[= Strangalia bifasciata (O.F.Mueller, 1776)]

Subfamilia: LEPTURINAE  /  Tribus: LEPTURINI

female of Stenurella bifasciata female of Stenurella bifasciata
Photo © M.Hoskovec

Body length:6 - 10 mm
Life cycle:2 years
Adults in:May - September
Host plant:larval development in dead wood of deciduous trees
Distribution:Europe, Russia, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Turkey, Iran

The depicted beetles were collected and photographed on the flowers in Jena (Thüringen, Germany). The upper two beetles are females, the lower is male.

Collected by M.Hoskovec.

male of Stenurella bifasciata
Photo © M.Hoskovec


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