Stenurella melanura (Linnaeus, 1758)
[= Strangalia melanura (Linnaeus, 1758)]

Subfamilia: LEPTURINAE  /  Tribus: LEPTURINI

Stenurella melanura
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]


Body length:6 - 10 mm
Life cycle:2 years
Adults in:May - September
Host plant:larval development in dead wood of deciduous and coniferous trees
Distribution:Europe, Russia, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Turkey, Iran


The beetles in the pictures were collected on flowers in Jena (Thuringia, Germany) and Zbraslav (Prague, Central Bohemia, Czech Republic).

Collected by M.Hoskovec


Stenurella melanura
Stenurella melanura
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]


Subfamilia: Lepturinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus: Lepturini Latreille, 1802
Genus: Stenurella Villiers, 1974
Species: Stenurella melanura (Linnaeus, 1758)