Rhagium bifasciatum

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Cladus: Phytophaga
Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Cerambycidae
Subfamilia: Lepturinae
Tribus: Rhagiini
Genus: Rhagium
Subgenus: R. (Hagrium)

Species: Rhagium bifasciatum
Name

Rhagium bifasciatum Fabricius, 1775

Synonyms:

Cerambyx anglicus Gmelin, 1790
Cerambyx bifasciatus Schrank, 1781
Cerambyx bifasciatus Thunberg, 1787
Cerambyx elegans Schrank, 1781
Cerambyx maculatus Goeze, 1777
Leptura nigro-lineata Donovan, 1801
Rhagium bifasciatum Cartier, 2002
Rhagium bifasciatum Coulon, 1932
Rhagium bifasciatum Donisthorpe, 1938
Rhagium bifasciatum Elliott & Morley, 1911
Rhagium bifasciatum Kleine, 1909
Rhagium bifasciatum Küster, 1848
Rhagium bifasciatum Migliaccio, Georgiev & Gashtarov, 2007
Rhagium bifasciatum Pedroni, 1999
Rhagium bifasciatum Saulnier, 1946
Rhagium bifasciatum Villiers, 1967
Rhagium bifasciatum Warzee & Drumont, 2004
Rhagium bifasciatum Zimsen, 1964
Rhagium bifasciatum van Aartsen & Kervink, 1980
Rhagium bifasciatum var. deyrollei Pic, 1909
Rhagium bifasciatum var. gravei Hubenthal, 1902
Rhagium bifasciatum Švácha & Lawrence, 2014
Rhagium bifasciatus Sonthonnax, 1889
Rhagium elegans Herbst, 1786
Rhagium ornatum Fabricius, 1775
Stenocorus bifasciatus var. lituratus Fügner, 1891
Stenocorus parisinus Geoffroy, 1785
Stenocorus varius Voet, 1806

Vernacular names
čeština: Tesařík dvoupásovaný
dansk: Båndet tandbuk
Deutsch: Gelbbindiger Zangenbock
English: Two-banded longhorn beetle
magyar: Kétcsíkos tövisescincér
norsk nynorsk: Toflekka treløpar
русский: Двухполосый рагий
References
Links

Tribe Rhagiini: Rhagium (Hagrium) bifasciatum F., 1775 - scanography by Szczepan Ziarko
Cerambyx elegans Schrank, 1781 at AnimalBase
Rhagium bifasciatum Fabricius, 1775 at gbif

Rhagium bifasciatum, sometimes called the two-banded longhorn beetle, is one of the most common longhorn beetles in Europe, Turkey and the Caucasus, although it is absent from the far north-east of Europe and some offshore islands, such as Malta. It may reach 22 millimetres (0.87 in) long and can be distinguished by the two prominent pale yellow bands on each of the elytra, although up to seventeen different patterns have been recognised.[1]
Dorsal view showing the distinctive elytral markings

Like other longhorn beetles, R. bifasciatum lays its eggs in dead wood, mostly of coniferous trees, where they bore deep, broad tunnels until they are ready to pupate after about two years.[2] The adults feed on a wide variety of coniferous and broad-leaved trees.[3]
References

Norman Hickin (1999). Longhorn Beetles of the British Isles. Shire Publications. ISBN 0-85263-897-3.
"Gelbbindiger Zangenbock (Rhagium bifasciatum)". www.naturspektrum.de. Retrieved 18 June 2006.
"Toflekket bartreløper". Norges Biller (The Beetles of Norway). Naturhistorisk museum, University of Oslo. Retrieved 18 June 2006.