Macroleptura thoracica (Creutzer, 1799)
[= Leptura thoracica Creutzer, 1799]
[= Strangalia thoracica (Creutzer, 1799)]

Subfamilia: LEPTURINAE  /  Tribus: LEPTURINI

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[Photo © L.Kruszelnicki]

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[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

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Body length:	18 - 30 mm
Life cycle:	3-4 years, larvae in wood of dead, standing trunks
Adults in:	May - July
Host plant:	broadleaf trees especially Populus, Betula and Tilia, rarely also in conifers
Distribution:	from Europe (Finland, Poland, Slovakia, Balcan peninsula) to China, Mongolia, Korea and Japan

The living beetles, larvae and pupae were photographed and collected in Puszcza Bialowieska (Bialowieza Forest, Poland) by Lech Kruszelnicki. The mounted beetles were collected by R.Čermák in Arsenyev (Ussuri region, Russian Federation).

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[Photo © L.Kruszelnicki]

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Subfamilia: Lepturinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus: Lepturini Latreille, 1802
Genus: Macroleptura Nakane & Ohbayashi, 1957
Species: Macroleptura thoracica (Creutzer, 1799)