Neandra brunnea
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Neandra brunnea (synonym: Parandra brunnea ) is a species of longhorn beetle that is native to North America. Thebeetle was alsodetectedas an introduced species ( neozoon ) in Dresden , but no other locations in Europe are known.
features
The species belongs within the longhorn beetles to the subfamily Parandrinae , which looks atypical for longhorn beetles. The body is quite wide and flattened, the antennae are comparatively very short for a longhorn beetle and only reach about half the pronotum when covered . The beetle is a solid chestnut brown and is about 10 to 24 millimeters long.
Occurrence
Neandra brunnea is widespread in eastern and central North America in parts of Canada and the United States .
Since 1916, the species has been found as a neozoon in various parks in the urban area of Dresden, including the Zwingerteich and in the Ostragehege west of the city center . After there were no more records from Dresden after 1966, Gerhard Katschak was able to prove the species again in August 2004. To do this, he examined the linden tree in the Ostragehege along the port route and found it on the avenue of the Übigau ferry route branching off from it; there was also indirect evidence at the port basin . In 2004, a cursory inspection could not identify any suitable development sites in the Great Garden , although in 1960 indirect evidence was still found in a hollow poplar tree on the nearby Bürgerwiese . Further, direct evidence of the occurrence in Dresden was provided in the course of tree examinations in 2014 at the kennel pond (numerous adults) and now also in the Great Garden in 2019 (remains of adult animals).
Way of life
The larva lives in the lower trunk areas and the root area of fragile trees, especially linden trees . Development takes two to three years. The beetle only becomes active at dusk and can be found from late May to mid-September.
Its lifespan does not seem to be very long. Several animals were found in Dresden that showed themselves to be quite defenseless against the attack of small ants.
Systematics
Neandra brunnea is a recognized species of the genus Neandra , the first scientific description comes from Johann Christian Fabricius from the year 1798. The scientific name "brunnea" is derived from the Latin name "brunneus" for "brown" and refers to the body color.
literature
- Bernhard Klausnitzer , Ulrich Klausnitzer , Ekkehard Wachmann , Zdeněk Hromádko : The longhorn beetles of Central Europe . Die Neue Brehm-Bücherei 499, Volume 2, 4th edition. VerlagsKG Wolf, Magdeburg 2018, ISBN 978-389432-864-1 ; Pp. 339-340
- Bernhard Klausnitzer , Friedrich Sander: The longhorn beetles of Central Europe . Die Neue Brehm-Bücherei 499. A. Ziemsen Verlag, GDR Wittenberg Lutherstadt, 1981, ISSN 0138-1423
- Adolf Horion : Faunistics of the Central European Beetles, Volume XII: Cerambycidae - Longhorn Beetles . Ueberlingen, 1974
Footnotes
- ↑ a b c d e Bernhard Klausnitzer, Ulrich Klausnitzer, Ekkehard Wachmann, Zdeněk Hromádko: The longhorn beetles of Central Europe . Die Neue Brehm-Bücherei 499, Volume 2, 4th edition. VerlagsKG Wolf, Magdeburg 2018, ISBN 978-389432-864-1 ; Pp. 339-340
- ↑ a b c Richard Grämer: About an occurrence of the nearctic Cerambycid Neandra (Parandra) brunnea F. in an enclave in Dresden. In: Entomologische Nachrichten , Vol. 5, No. 6. Dresden, June 30, 1961, p. 41 f.
- ↑ a b Gerhard Katschak: Notes on the current occurrence of Parandra brunnea (F.) (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) in the urban area of Dresden. In: Mitteilungen der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Rheinischer Koleopterologen , Bonn, 14 (2004), pp. 9–13.
- ↑ Bernhard Klausnitzer: Wonderful world of the beetles . 3. Edition. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 2019, ISBN 978-3-662-58696-9 , pp. 96 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
