Red-legged rascal
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Red-legged neckbuck ( Anoplodera rufipes ) |
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Schaller , 1783 |
The Rotbeiniger neck Bock ( Anoplodera rufipes , Syn. : Leptura rufipes ) is a beetle from the family of longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae).
features
The beetles are 7 to 12 millimeters long. They have a black body with black wing-coverts . The first limbs of the legs are red, the others black. The pronotum, which is also black, is longer than it is wide and flattened.
Subspecies
- Anoplodera rufipes izzilloi Sama, 1999
- Anoplodera rufipes rufipes (Schaller, 1783)
Occurrence
The species occurs in Central Europe , the Balkans , Asia Minor and the Caucasus to Persia . In Central Europe it is quite rare everywhere, especially in the north. It prefers low mountain ranges.
Way of life
The larvae live in dry, dry twigs and branches of oaks , less often beeches and birches , on whose wood they feed. The beetles appear from May to June. They are mostly found on flowering shrubs such as hawthorn , mountain ash, and dogwood .
credentials
- ↑ Anoplodera rufipes izzilloi Sama 1999. Fauna Europaea, accessed June 5, 2007 .
- ↑ Anoplodera rufipes rufipes (Schaller 1783). Fauna Europaea, accessed June 5, 2006 .
Web links
- Anoplodera rufipes at Fauna Europaea