Stenopterus ater (Linnaeus, 1767)
Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE / Tribus: STENOPTERINI
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
[Photo © Jean-Claude Ringenbach]
Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE / Tribus: STENOPTERINI

[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
Body length: 6 - 14 mm Life cycle: 1 - 2 years Adults in: June - August Host plant: polyphagous in deciduous trees (Pistacia, Ceratonia, Ostrya, Carpinus, Ulmus, Prunus etc.) Distribution: South Europe, North Africa, Crimea
The depicted mounted beetles were collected on flowers (Apiaceae) in Torre del Orso (Puglia prov., SE Italy). The living specimen was reared from a larva found in a dead Ficus carica collected in Az Zintan (Lybia, Jabal Nefusah).Collected by M.Hoskovec and Jean-Claude Ringenbach


[Photo © Jean-Claude Ringenbach]
Subfamilia: Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus: Stenopterini Fairmaire, 1868
Genus: Stenopterus Illiger, 1804
Species: Stenopterus ater (Linnaeus, 1767)