Dinoptera collaris

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Dinoptera collaris
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Cerambycidae
Genus: Dinoptera
Species:
D. collaris
Binomial name
Dinoptera collaris
Synonyms
  • Acmaeops collaris (Linnaeus) Auctorum
  • Leptura carneolaSchrank, 1798
  • Leptura collaris Linnaeus, 1758
  • Leptura ruficollisDeGeer, 1775
  • Leptura sylvestris Geoffroy, 1785
  • Pachyta collaris(Linnaeus) Redtenbacher, 1874

Dinoptera collaris is species of long-horned beetle in the subfamily Lepturinae. [1]

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Subtaxa

The following varieties are recognised: [1]

Distribution

These beetles are present in most of Europe and in the Near East (Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Turkey, and United Kingdom). [1] [2]

Habitat

This species inhabit deciduous forests, especially beech forests and hedge rows. [3]

Description

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Side view

Dinoptera collaris can reach a length of 6–9 millimetres (0.24–0.35 in). [3] Elytra are bluish-blackish and rather hairy, with dense puncture. Pronotum is almost spherical, usually orange-red, sometimes dark, with sparse punctuation. Antennae are quite long. The abdomen is orange-red. [4] [5]

This species is rather similar to Acmaeops marginatus , Acmaeops pratensis and Acmaeops septentrionis .

Biology

The life cycle lasts two years. The larvae develop under the loose bark, especially of oaks, aspens or apple trees. They are polyphagous wood borers in deciduous trees (Quercus, Pyrus, Acer, Fraxinus, Populus, Malus, Cornus etc.) [4] [3] They overwinter and pupate the following spring. [5]

The adult beetles can be found from April to August feeding on pollen of valerians ( Valeriana species), common hawthorn ( Crataegus monogyna ), elderberry ( Sambucus species), sweet chestnut ( Castanea sativa ) and European pear ( Pyrus communis ). [1] [6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 BioLib Taxon profile — species Dinoptera collaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
  2. Fauna europaea
  3. 1 2 3 Commanster
  4. 1 2 Cerambycidae
  5. 1 2 Svatopluk Bílý,O. Mehl Longhorn Beetles - Coleoptera, Cerambycidae - Of Fennoscandia and Denmark
  6. Jiři Zahradnik, Irmgard Jung, Dieter Jung et al.: Käfer Mittel- und Nordwesteuropas, Parey Berlin 1985, ISBN   3-490-27118-1