Leptura quadrifasciata Linnaeus, 1758
(Four-banded Longhorn Beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLeptura quadrifasciata (Four-banded Longhorn Beetle)
GenusLeptura (a genus of beetles)
FamilyCERAMBYCIDAE (longhorn beetles)
SuperfamilyCHRYSOMELOIDEA (leaf, longhorn and seed beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Leptura quadrifasciata (Four-banded Longhorn Beetle) :
1: Leptura quadrifasciata (Four-banded Longhorn Beetle)
14 Jun 2008 OSGR: SU68 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
at rest on comfrey
Image 1: Dorsal view - in situImage 2: Dorsal view - in situ (2)Image 3: Dorsal view - in situ (3)Image 4: Dorsal view - in situ (4)Image 5: Dorsal view - in situ (5)Image 6: Dorsal view - close-up - enlarged
2: Leptura quadrifasciata (Four-banded Longhorn Beetle)
18 Jul 2005 OSGR: SU46 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
large adult visiting Hogweed
Image 1: Dorsal viewImage 2: Head, antennae, thorax etc - dorsal viewImage 3: Head, antennae, thorax etc - ventral viewImage 4: Ventral view
3: Leptura quadrifasciata (Four-banded Longhorn Beetle)
18 Jul 2005 OSGR: SU46 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
small adult visiting Hogweed
Image 1: Antero-dorsal view - in situ - close-upImage 2: Dorsal viewImage 3: Dorsal view - in situ - close-upImage 4: Dorsal view - in situ - close-up (2)Image 5: Dorso-lateral view - in situImage 6: Dorso-lateral view - in situ - close-upImage 7: Dorso-lateral view - in situ - close-up (2)Image 8: Head, antennae, thorax etc - dorsal viewImage 9: Latero-dorsal view - in situ - close-upImage 10: Latero-dorsal view - in situ - close-up (2)Image 11: Ventral viewImage 12: Latero-dorsal view - in situ - close-up - enlarged

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Cooter, J. & Barclay M.V.L. (eds) 2006 A Coleopterist’s handbook The Amateur Entomolgist, 11, Fourth Edition edition, 439pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society

Leptura quadrifasciata (Four-banded Longhorn Beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Leptura quadrifasciata (Four-banded Longhorn Beetle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Leptura quadrifasciata (Four-banded Longhorn Beetle)
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