Stenurella melanura

Stenurella melanura
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cerambycidae
Genus: Stenurella
Species: S. melanura
Binomial name
Stenurella melanura
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Leptura (Stenurella) melanura (Linnaeus) Sama, 1988
  • Leptura diversiventris Linnaeus, 1758
  • Leptura melanura (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Leptura similis Herbst, 1784
  • Leptura sutura nigra DeGeer, 1775
  • Strangalia melanura (Linnaeus) Mulsant, 1863

Stenurella melanura is a beetle species of flower longhorns belonging to the family Cerambycidae, subfamily Lepturinae.

S. melanura in copula

This beetle is widespread in most of Europe, in the East Palearctic ecozone, in Oriental ecozone and in the Near East.

Larvae develop in rotten wood of deciduous and coniferous trees, especially Castanea sativa.

The adults grow up to 6–10 millimetres (0.24–0.39 in) and can be encountered from May through September, completing their life cycle in two years. The head, pronotum and abdomen are black, while elytra are reddish with a black colored tip. They are very common flower-visitors, feeding on pollen and the nectar.

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