Stictoleptura (Stictoleptura) fontenayi (Mulsant & Rey, 1839)
[= Leptura fontenayi Mulsant & Rey, 1839]
[= Corymbia fontenayi (Mulsant & Rey, 1839)]

Subfamilia: LEPTURINAE  /  Tribus: LEPTURINI

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[Photo © David Navrátil, click on the picture for 4K resolution]

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Stictoleptura fontenayi, a distinctive representative of the western Mediterranean entomofauna known from France, the Pyrenean Peninsula, Maghreb and Azores, was described from the vicinity of Montpellier as Leptura Fontenayi by Étienne Mulsant in 1839 [✮]. Larval development in decaying wood of deciduous and coniferous trees, a very polyphagous species (reported development in Quercus, Ulmus, Salix, Fagus, Ilex, Ficus, Cedrus, Acer obtusatum, Eucalyptus, Laurus azorica, etc.). Life cycle 2-3 years. Adults, active from April to August (depends on locality), are diurnal and anthophilous.

Body length:	10 - 20 mm
Life cycle:	2 - 3 years
Adults in:	April to August
Host plant:	polyphagous in deciduous and coniferous trees (Quercus, Ulmus, Salix, Fagus, Ilex, Ficus, Cedrus, Acer obtusatum, Eucalyptus, Laurus azorica, etc.)
Distribution:	Algeria, France, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Tunisia, Azores

The depicted beetles were collected in: ♂ - 4 km NW Comps-sur-Artuby (N43°43′45″ E06°27′35″; 990 m a.s.l., Var department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, France) on July 12-21, 2016; ♀ - Saint-Paul-le-Jeune village environs (Ardèche department, Rhône-Alpes region, France) on July 4-15, 2009.

Collected by David Navrátil and Jean Bidault

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[✮]
Mulsant É.:
Histoire Naturelle des Coléoptères de France. Longicornes.
Maison, Paris vii-xii + 304pp [page 271], 1839. [download ]

Trócoli S.:
Actualización del catálogo de Longicornios de Marruecos / Actualisation du catalogue des Longicornes du Maroc (Parte II / Partie II : Cerambycidae, Lepturinae, Vesperidae).
Revue de l'Association Roussillonnaise d'Entomologie (R.A.R.E.) 28 (2): 72-84, 2019. [download ]

Vives E. and Trócoli S:
Cerambycidae de la Macaronesia (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Faunitaxys 9 (44): 1–50, 2021. [download ]

Villiers A.:
Coléoptères Cérambycides de l'Afrique du Nord.
Faune de l'Empire Français, ORSC Paris, 5: 1-152, 1946. [download ]

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Subfamilia	Lepturinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus	Lepturini Latreille, 1802
Genus	Stictoleptura Casey, 1924
Subgenus	Stictoleptura Casey, 1924
Species	Stictoleptura fontenayi (Mulsant & Rey, 1839)