Pedostrangalia

Pedostrangalia is a family of beetles which belong to the subfamily of cerambycidae in the family of longhorn beetles.

Pedostrangalia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Cerambycidae
Subfamily:
Lepturinae
Genus:
Pedostrangalia

Sokolov, 1896

Appearance

Medium sized, slim, brown-red to black longhorn beetles. In all cases, some individuals have red wing-coverings, and some have black. The antennae are thin, and about the same length as the body. The pronotum is bell-shaped, with wings tapering backwards. The legs are medium sized, and thin.

Life

The larvae develop in rotten, often dead, wood which is contact with living wood, often of different type of trees. Development usually takes two to three years. Adult beetles are most active in mid-summer, and visit a variety of flowers, particularly apiaceae and other plants with white, open flowers. This is not true of all species. Lepturinae are lively insects compared to other longhorn beetles which are quite slow.

Habitat

The insects are found across most of Europe and Asia.

Systematic classification
  • Order Biller, Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758
    • Sub-order Polyphaga Emery, 1886
      • Group (infra-order) Cucujiformia Lameere, 1938
        • Superfamily Chrysomeloidea Latreille, 1802 (=Phytophaga)
          • Family Cerambycidae Latreille, 1802
            • Subfamily Longhorn beetles, Lepturinae Latreille, 1802
              • Tribe Lepturini Latreille, 1802
                • Genus Pedostrangalia Sokolov, 1896
                  • Sub-genus Neosphenalia Daniel, 1904
                    • Pedostrangalia adaliae (Reitter, 1885)
                    • Pedostrangalia ariadne Daniel K., 1904
                    • Pedostrangalia emmipoda (Mulsant, 1863)
                    • Pedostrangalia femoralis (Motschulsky, 1860)
                    • Pedostrangalia kurda Sama, 1996
                    • Pedostrangalia raggii Sama, 1992
                    • Pedostrangalia riccardoi Holzschuh, 1984
                    • Pedostrangalia verticalis (Germar, 1822)
                    • Pedostrangalia verticenigra (Pic, 1892)
                  • Sub-genus Pedostrangalia (in a narrow sense)
                    • Pedostrangalia afghanistana Satô & Ohbayashi, 1976
                    • Pedostrangalia imberbis (Ménétriés, 1832)
                    • Pedostrangalia muneaka (Mitono & Tamanuki, 1939)
                    • Pedostrangalia nobilis Holzschuh, 2008
                    • Pedostrangalia quadrimaculata Chen & Chiang, 1996
                    • Pedostrangalia revestita (Linnaeus, 1767)
                    • Pedostrangalia rubricosa Holzschuh, 2008
                    • Pedostrangalia signifera Holzschuh, 1999
                    • Pedostrangalia tokatensis Sama, 1996
                    • Pedostrangalia tricolorata Holzschuh, 1991
                    • Pedostrangalia ulmi Holzschuh, 1982
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