Stictoleptura variicornis is a species of longhorn beetle in the Lepturinae subfamily. It was described by Johan Wilhelm Dalman in 1817 and can be found in Poland, Russia, Ukraine, and the Baltic States.[1] It can also be found in Asian countries like Mongolia and North Korea.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Cerambycidae |
| Genus: | Stictoleptura |
| Species: | S. variicornis
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| Stictoleptura variicornis (Dalman, 1817)
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Description
editThe species is brown coloured with blackish-brown legs and antennae. The life span is 3 years, with a flight from June–August.[3] Larvae live beneath the bark of dead wood, creating a pupal cell after its second hibernation. It can be found near Filipendula palmata flowers.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Eastern European distribution". Fauna Europaea. 2.6.2. August 29, 2013. Archived from the original on March 30, 2007. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
- ^ "Stictoleptura variicornis (Dalman, 1817)". Bioilib.cz. Retrieved April 16, 2012.
- ^ "Description". Cerambyx. Retrieved April 16, 2012.
- ^ Karpiński, L; Szczepański, WT; Boldgiv, B; Walczak, M (2018). "New data on the longhorn beetles of Mongolia with particular emphasis on the genus Eodorcadion Breuning, 1947 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae)". ZooKeys (739): 107–150. Bibcode:2018ZooK..739..107K. doi:10.3897/zookeys.739.23675. PMC 5904442. PMID 29674884.