Stictoleptura (Stictoleptura) cordigera (Füssli, 1775)
[= Leptura cordigera Füssli, 1775]
[= Corymbia cordigera (Füssli, 1775)]
[= Brachyleptura cordigera (Füssli, 1775)]

Subfamilia: LEPTURINAE  /  Tribus: LEPTURINI

Stictoleptura cordigera
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]


Body length:14 - 20 mm
Life cycle:2 - 3 years [?]
Adults in:June - August
Host plant:polyphagous in deciduous trees (Quercus, Pistacia, Castanea)
Distribution:South Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, North Iran, Near East


The mounted beetles were collected on a flowering yarrow (Achillea sp.) near village Karadut (Nemrut Dagi National Park, Adiyaman prov., Anatolia, SE Turkey). The living beetle was collected in Pula (South Istra peninsula, Croatia).

Collected by M.Hoskovec


Stictoleptura cordigera


Stictoleptura cordigera
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

Subfamilia: Lepturinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus: Lepturini Latreille, 1802
Genus: Stictoleptura Casey, 1924
Subgenus: Stictoleptura Casey, 1924
Species: Stictoleptura cordigera (Füssli, 1775)