Strangalia attenuata, in coloration very variable Eurasian thermophilic species widespread from the Iberian Peninsula to Japan, has been described from "Europa" as Leptura attenuata
by Carl Linné in 1758 [▽]. At the beginning of entomological research, this species was evidently more widespread and common than today, being recorded many times in Central and West Europe.
Larval development in decaying wood of deciduous trees, mostly in basal parts of stumps. Life cycle at least 2 years. Adults, active from June to early September, are diurnal and anthophilous
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| Body length: | ♂♂ 11 - 17 mm / ♀♀ 12 - 18 mm |
| Life cycle: | at least 2 years |
| Adults in: | June - September |
| Host plant: | polyphagous in deciduous trees (Corylus, Castanea, Quercus, Tilia, Betula, Populus, Alnus, Ulmus, etc.), recorded also
in Pinus |
| Distribution: | Europe, Siberia, Russian Far East, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Korea, China, Japan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Turkey |
The depicted mounted beetle (♂ 13.6 mm) was collected on flowers in a deciduous forest in Trudovoye (Трудовое) environs (N43°15′47″ E132°05′19″;
Primorsky Krai, Far Eastern federal district, Russia) on August 26, 2018. The living specimens were collected in: (DR) - Noroieni village environs (Comuna Lazuri, Satu Mare county,
Nord-Vest region, Romania) on July 14, 2018; Horní luh at Ivaň (Ivaň, Brno-Country district, South Moravia region, Czechia) on August 10, 2013; (MR) - Nida environs (Curonian Spit, Neringa municipality, Klaipėda county, Lithuania) on July 27 - August 3, 2023.
Collected by Artem Zaitsev, Daniel Rydzi and Martin Rejzek
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Linné C.:
Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis.
Systema naturae (Editio 10) Laur. Salvius, Holmiae 1: 824pp [page 398], 1758.
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Sláma M.E.F.:
Tesaříkovití – Cerambycidae České republiky a Slovenské republiky / Cerambycidae of the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic.
Milan Sláma private printing, Krhanice, 383pp [pages 265-266], 1998 [ISBN: 80-238-2627-1].
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Danilevsky M.L.:
Longicorn beetles (Coleoptera, Cerambycoidea) of Russia and adjacent countries. Part 1.
Higher School Consulting, Moscow, 550pp [page 333-335], 2014.
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Vitali F.:
Atlas of the Insects of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg: Coleoptera, Cerambycidae.
Ferrantia, Musée national d’histoire naturelle, Luxembourg 79: 1-208 [pages 102-103], 2018.
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