Anastrangalia renardii, a species occuring in Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Korea, and North China, has been described from Novokuznetsk environs (Siberia, Russia)
as Leptura Renardii by Friedrich August Gebler in 1848 [▽]. Larvae of the species develop in decaying wood of coniferous trees (but only Abies was recorded),
life cycle 2 years. Adults, active from end of May to August, are diurnal and anthophilous [❖][✧].
Body length: | ♂♂ 7.0 - 10.0 mm / ♀♀ 8.3 - 12.0 mm |
Life cycle: | 2 years |
Adults in: | end of May - August |
Host plant: | polyphagous in coniferous trees (Abies is strongly preferred) |
Distribution: | Russia (North European Territory, East and West Siberia, Far East), Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Korea, China (Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang) |
The depicted male beetle was collected in Komsomolsk Nature Reserve (Комсомольский заповедник; Komsomolsk-on-Amur environs, Khabarovsk Krai, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia)
on July 2, 1991.
Collected by Maxim E. Smirnov
[▽]
Gebler F.A.:
Verzeichniss der im Kolywano-woskresenskischen Hüttenbezirke Süd-West Sibiriens beobachteten Kæfer mit Bemerkungen und Beschreibungen.
Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 21 (2): 317-423, 1848.
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[❖]
Cherepanov A.I.:
Cerambycidae of Northern Asia, Volume 1 - Prioninae, Disteniinae, Lepturinae, Aseminae.
Amerind Publishing, New Delhi: 304pp [pages 394-398], 1988.
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[✧]
Danilevsky M.L.:
Longicorn beetles (Coleoptera, Cerambycoidea) of Russia and adjacent countries. Part 1.
Higher School Consulting, Moscow, 550pp [page 289-290], 2014.
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