Blue-black ball collar
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A blue-black spherical neck buck ( Dinoptera collaris ) on an umbelliferae . |
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The Blue-black ball neck Bock or Colorful ball neck Bock ( Dinoptera collaris , Syn. : Acmaeops collaris ) is a beetle from the family of longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae).
description
The beetles grow to be seven to nine millimeters long. The blue-black elytra are densely dotted and hairy protruding. The abdomen is orange-red. The pronotum is convex and usually red, sometimes dark. The antennae are pivoted between the eyes, i.e. H. the front edges of the eyes and the turning points are on one line.
Similar species
The species that look similar to the blue-black spherical collar are all rare and their pronotum is strongly constricted behind the front edge and the antennae are deflected in front of the eyes.
- Acmaeops marginatus ( Fabricius , 1781)
- Acmaeops pratensis ( Laicharting , 1784)
- Acmaeops septentrionis ( Thomson , 1866)
Occurrence
They occur in deciduous forests all over Europe , Asia Minor , Siberia , Armenia , Syria , the Caucasus and Iran .
Way of life
The larvae develop under the bark of dry branches of oak , aspens or apple trees lying on the ground . Pupation takes place in the upper litter layer. The beetles can be found on blooming hawthorn , elderberry or umbelliferae from April to August , where they feed on pollen.
credentials
- ↑ Jiři Zahradnik, Irmgard Jung, Dieter Jung et al .: Käfer Central and Northwestern Europe , Parey Berlin 1985, ISBN 3-490-27118-1
Web links
- Dinoptera collaris at Fauna Europaea