Brachyta interrogationis
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| Brachyta interrogationis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Cerambycidae |
| Genus: | Brachyta |
| Species: | B. interrogationis |
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| Brachyta interrogationis | |
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Brachyta interrogationis is the species of the Lepturinae subfamily in Cerambycidae family.[2] This species was described in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae under the name Leptura interrogationis.[3]
- Brachyta interrogationis interrogationis Linnaeus, 1758
- Brachyta interrogationis duodecimmaculata Fabricius, 1781
- Brachyta interrogationis ebenina Mulsant, 1839
- Brachyta interrogationis eitschbergeri Danilevsky & Peks, 2015
- Brachyta interrogationis gabzdili Danilevsky & Peks, 2016
- Brachyta interrogationis lederi Lazarev, 2011
- Brachyta interrogationis mannerheimii Motschulsky, 1860
- Brachyta interrogationis marginella Fabricius, 1793
- Brachyta interrogationis miroshnikovi Lazarev, 2011
- Brachyta interrogationis russica Herbst, 1784
- Brachyta interrogationis shapsugorum Lazarev, 2011:
- Brachyta interrogationis zubovi Lazarev, 2016
Distribution
This species mainly occurs in Central Europe (Austria, Northern Czech Republic, Finland, France, Eastern Germany, Northern Italy, Norway, Southern Poland, Eastern Slovakia, Sweden and Switzerland),[2] Caucasus,[4] east to Western Russia,[5] Kazakhstan, Siberia, Mongolia, Manchuria, Korea and Japan.[6]
Habitat
In Europe, this species is boreal-mountainous, reaching south to the Italian and French Alps, and north to the Arctic Circle. In the Alps, these beetles can be found at elevations up to 2700 meters above sea level.
Description
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Brachyta interrogationis can reach approximately a body length of 9–19 millimetres (0.35–0.75 in).[4] They have a black body. Pronotum is convex, with dense punctuation. Also head, thorax and legs are black. Legs are relatively long and slender. The elytra are characterized by a very high variability[7] and more than 150 varietas have been described.[8] Sometimes the elitra are completely black or completely yellow, but usually they are brownish-yellow, with black spots on scutellum, two longitudinal black arcuate bands, and black spots on the sides and on the apex. Antennae are composed by 5-11 segments.[9]
