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Shotgun
Shotgun (Rhagium inquisitor)

Shotgun ( Rhagium inquisitor )

Systematics
Order : Beetle (Coleoptera)
Subordination : Polyphaga
Family : Longhorn beetle (Cerambycidae)
Subfamily : Narrowbuckles (Lepturinae)
Genre : Pincer Bucks ( Rhagium )
Type : Shotgun
Scientific name
Rhagium inquisitor
( Linnaeus , 1758)
Larva of the shotgun
Shotgun in the doll's cradle
Shotgun on spruce wood

The shot Bock ( Rhagium inquisitor ), also known as Little (pine) pliers bock or tracer Ender pliers Bock known, is a kind from the family of longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae). It is holarctic in northern Eurasia and North America

features

Shotguns are about 10 to 20 millimeters long. The chitin armor has a black base color and two indistinct light cross bars. In addition to the transverse bands, the entire body is densely covered with yellowish-gray hair, so that the black can only be seen on the wing covers in the form of more or less regular black spots. The body is elongated. The thorax is quite narrow while the head is stretched forward. The short antennae also protrude straight ahead from the head.

Occurrence

The shotgun has a Holarctic distribution and is accordingly to be found in northern Eurasia and North America . The beetles are widespread in Europe , Siberia , North America and the Caucasus . They can be found in coniferous forests .

Way of life

The diurnal animals are usually found near their food, which consists of flower parts and tree resin . The larvae live under the bark of conifers . After two years they pupate in a doll's cradle . The beetle hatches in autumn and overwinters in the wood, partially protected by the anti-frost protein RiAFP . In the next spring, the beetle appears, they can be found from April to August.

Systematics

The shotgun was scientifically described by Carl von Linné in 1758 .

There are two subspecies in Europe, of which Rhagium inquisitor cedri is native to Spain and North Africa.

  • Rhagium inquisitor inquisitor (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Rhagium inquisitor cedri Reymond 1954

supporting documents

  1. ^ DB McCorquodale: Longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) of the Atlantic Maritime Ecozone. In: DF McAlpine, IM Smith (Ed.): Assessment of Species Diversity in the Atlantic Maritime Ecozone. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Canada, 2010; Pp. 465-476 (citation p. 471). ( Full text ).
  2. ↑ Jiři Zahradnik, Irmgard Jung, Dieter Jung et al .: Beetles of Central and Northwestern Europe. Parey, Berlin 1985, ISBN 3-490-27118-1
  3. ↑ Rhagium (Rhagium) inquisitor inquisitor Linnaeus 1758 Fauna Europaea, accessed June 14, 2007 .
  4. ^ Rhagium (Rhagium) inquisitor cedri Reymond 1954. Fauna Europaea, accessed June 14, 2007 .

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