Xylosteus spinolae

Xylosteus spinolae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Cerambycoidea
Family: Cerambycidae
Subfamily: Lepturinae
Genus: Xylosteus
Species: X. spinolae
Binomial name
Xylosteus spinolae
Frivaldsky, 1838
Synonyms
  • Rhagium rufiventre Germar, 1845
  • Xylosteus merkli Pic, 1910
  • Xylosteus rufiventris (Germar)
  • Xylosteus spinolae rufiventris (Germar) Sama, 1993

Xylosteus spinolae is the species of the Lepturinae subfamily in long-horned beetle family.[1] This beetle is distributed in Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Italy, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, and Turkey.[1] Adult beetle feeds on flowers of common filbert, and common beech.[1]

Subspecies

There are two subspecies of the species:[1]

Synonym: Xylosteus caucasicola Plavilstshikov, 1936

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 BioLib Taxon profile — species Xylosteus spinolae Frivaldsky, 1838


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