Acmaeops marginata is a species of the Lepturinae subfamily in the longhorn beetle family. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1781[2] and is known from Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Baltic states, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Norway, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine,[3] China, Mongolia, and Montenegro. Adult beetle feeds on Scots pine, and Norway spruce.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Cerambycidae |
| Genus: | Acmaeops |
| Species: | A. marginata
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Description
editAdults of this species are brown-black in colour and 7–11 millimetres (0.28–0.43 in) long. They fly from May to June during which months they feed on various Pinus species.[4]
Subtaxa
editThere are three varieties in species:[2]
- Acmaeops marginata var. bicoloripes Pic
- Acmaeops marginata var. immarginata Plavilstshikov
- Acmaeops marginata var. spadicea Pic, 1904
References
edit- ^ "Acmaeops marginata (Fabricius, 1781)". Cerambycidae of the World. 7 July 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ a b c BioLib Taxon profile — species Acmaeops marginata (Fabricius, 1781)
- ^ "Acmaeops marginatus (Fabricius, 1781)". Fauna Europaea. 2.6.2. 29 August 2013. Archived from the original on October 17, 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ "Acmaeops marginatus (Fabricius, 1781)". Cerambyx. Retrieved 28 March 2015.