Stictoleptura (Stictoleptura) oblongomaculata (Buquet, 1840)
[= Brachyleptura oblongomaculata (Buquet, 1840)]

Subfamilia: LEPTURINAE  /  Tribus: LEPTURINI
Stictoleptura oblongomaculata
[Photo © Lech Kruszelnicki]

Stictoleptura oblongomaculata, a rare species occuring in North Africa (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia) and Italy (Sicily, Sardinia), has been described from Stora (NE Algeria) environs as Leptura oblongomaculata by Jean Baptiste Buquet in 1840 [▽]. Adults of this species, active in June and July, can be found on flowers (Apiaceae) or on oaks [✧].

Body length:10 - 19 mm
Life cycle:unknown
Adults in:June - July
Host plant:probably Quercus spp.
Distribution:Italy (Sicily, Sardinia), Algeria, Morocco (? ❖), Tunisia


The depicted beetles were collected in Gibilmanna village environs (Parco delle Madonie, Palermo province, Sicily, Italy) on July 7, 1995.

Collected by Pierpaolo Rapuzzi


[▽]
Buquet J.B.P.:
Description de plusieurs coléoptères nouveaux appartenant aux genres Lebia, Vatellus, Acmaeodera, Hammaticherus et Leptura.
Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, Paris (1) 9: 393-400, 1840. [download pdf icon]

[✧]
Villiers A.:
Coléoptères Cérambycides de l'Afrique du Nord.
Faune de l'Empire Français, ORSC Paris, 5: 1-152 [pages 45-46], 1946. [download pdf icon]

[❖]
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 pdf icon]


 
SubfamiliaLepturinae Latreille, 1802
TribusLepturini Latreille, 1804
GenusStictoleptura Casey, 1924
SubgenusStictoleptura Casey, 1924
SpeciesStictoleptura (Stictoleptura) oblongomaculata (Buquet, 1840)