Stictoleptura (Melanoleptura) scutellata (Fabricius, 1781)
[= Leptura scutellata Fabricius, 1781]
[= Corymbia scutellata (Fabricius, 1781)]
[= Melanoleptura scutellata (Fabricius, 1781)]

Subfamilia: LEPTURINAE  /  Tribus: LEPTURINI

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[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

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Body length:	12 - 21 mm
Life cycle:	2 - 3 years
Adults in:	June - September
Host plant:	polyphagous in deciduous trees (Fagus, Carpinus, Alnus, Populus etc.)
Distribution:	Europe except North, North Africa, Turkey, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, North Iran

The mounted beetles were reared from larvae found in a dead rotten standing trunk of white poplar (Populus alba). The larvae were collected in Břeclav - Pohansko (South Moravia, Czech Republic). The female ovipositing into a beech trunk (Fagus sylvatica) was photographed near Zbečno village (Central Bohemia, Czech Republic) and the other females were observed in Vihorlat Mts. (Slovak Republic).

Collected by M.Hoskovec

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[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

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[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

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Subfamilia: Lepturinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus: Lepturini Latreille, 1802
Genus: Stictoleptura Casey, 1924
Subgenus: Melanoleptura Miroshnikov, 1998
Species: Stictoleptura (Melanoleptura) scutellata (Fabricius, 1781)