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

Subfamilia: LEPTURINAE  /  Tribus: LEPTURINI

Stictoleptura scutellata
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]


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


Stictoleptura scutellata


Stictoleptura scutellata
Stictoleptura scutellata
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
Stictoleptura scutellata
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

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