Stenurella bifasciata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae.Bezark, Larry G. A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the World. Retrieved on 22 May 2012.
Etymology The Latin species name bifasciata means "with a double fascia".
Subspecies Stenurella bifasciata intermedia Holzschuh, 2006 Stenurella bifasciata lanceolata (Mulsant & Rey, 1863) Stenurella bifasciata limbiventris (Reitter, 1898) Stenurella bifasciata nigrosuturalis (Reitter, 1895) Stenurella bifasciata safronovi Danilevsky, 2011 Catalogue of life
Distribution This species is present in most of Europe, in the eastern Palearctic realm, and in the Near East (Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China, Corsica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Sardinia, Serbia, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Syria, Turkey, and Ukraine).Fauna europaea
Habitat These longhorn beetles live in meadows and slopes in foothills and valleys.
Description Stenurella bifasciata can reach a length of .Cerambycidae Head, antennae, pronotum and legs are black. Pronotum is slightly punctured. Elytra are yellow brown in the males, while in the females they are red, with a widely darkened elytron's suture, black apices and a black heart-shaped or rhomboid marking, sometimes missing in the males. The last three abdominal segments are usually red. The eleventh (last) antennal segment is longer than the tenth.
Biology Life cycle last 2 years. Larvae develop in dead wood of deciduous trees. They mainly feed on Pedunculate Oak (Quercus robur), Fig (Ficus carica), White Willow (Salix alba), Dog-rose (Rosa canina) and Spanish Broom (Spartium junceum). Adults can be seen from May to September.
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