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Arthropods Daily – Issue No. 221 No. 221 |

variable longhorn beetle
variable longhorn beetle (Stenocorus meridianus) – species of family “Longhorn Beetles“

Stenocorus meridianus is a species of longhorn beetle in the Lepturinae subfamily that can be found anywhere in Europe (except for Faroe Islands, Iceland and Ireland, Malta, and parts of Italy such as San Marino, Sardinia, Sicily, and Vatican city), Caucasus, and Kazakhstan. They are 15–27 millimetres (0.59–1.06 in). The species have brown coloured legs, but can have either black (female) or brown (male) coloured prothorax. They occasionally feed on deciduous trees such as elm, maple, and...

Ancestry Graph

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„variable longhorn beetle“ also appeared in the following editions of Arthropods Daily