Rutpela maculata (Poda von Neuhaus, 1761)
(Harlequin Longhorn, Black-and-yellow Longhorn Beetle)

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Rutpela maculata ab apicalis
a longhorn beetle
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 		Aberration 10 images
Rutpela maculata ab disconotata
a longhorn beetle
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 		Aberration 8 images
Rutpela maculata ab mediopuncta
a longhorn beetle
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 		Aberration 4 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesRutpela maculata (Harlequin Longhorn, Black-and-yellow Longhorn Beetle)
TribeLepturini (a tribe of longhorn beetles)
SubfamilyLEPTURINAE (a subfamily of longhorn 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 Rutpela maculata (Harlequin Longhorn, Black-and-yellow Longhorn Beetle) :
1: Rutpela maculata (Harlequin Longhorn, Black-and-yellow Longhorn Beetle)
22 Jul 2005 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
visiting Wild Parsnip
Image 1: Dorsal viewImage 2: Dorsal view (2)Image 3: Dorsal view (3)Image 4: Dorsal view (4)Image 5: Dorsal view (5)Image 6: Dorsal view - close-upImage 7: Dorsal view - close-up (2)Image 8: Dorsal view - close-up (3)Image 9: Dorsal view - close-up (4)Image 10: Dorsal view - close-up (5)Image 11: Dorso-lateral viewImage 12: Dorso-lateral view (2)Image 13: Dorso-lateral view - close-upImage 14: Dorso-lateral view - close-up (2)Image 15: Elytra slightly apart - dorsal view - close-upImage 16: Elytra slightly apart - latero-dorsal viewImage 17: Front three-quarter viewImage 18: Latero-dorsal view - close-up
2: Rutpela maculata (Harlequin Longhorn, Black-and-yellow Longhorn Beetle)
9 Jul 2003 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
at flowers of Hogweed, 8pm
Image 1: Dorsal viewImage 2: Dorsal view (2)Image 3: Lateral viewImage 4: Ventral viewImage 5: Ventral view (2)Image 6: Foreparts - latero-dorsal - enlargedImage 7: Head and eyes - enlargedImage 8: Head and thorax - latero-dorsal - enlarged
3: Rutpela maculata (Harlequin Longhorn, Black-and-yellow Longhorn Beetle)
5 Jul 1975 OSGR: SU46 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Anterodorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Anterodorsal view - enlargedImage 3: Anterolateral view - enlargedImage 4: Body - dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 5: Dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 6: Dorsal view - enlargedImage 7: Front three-quarter view - close-up - enlargedImage 8: Laterodorsal view - enlargedImage 9: Lateroventral view - enlarged

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Kaufmann, R.R.U. 1946 Preliminary Notes on Strangalia maculata Poda (Col., Cerambycidae) and its aberrations in Great Britain EMM 22 115-7 Ent. Mon. Mag. 82: 115-117.

Rutpela maculata (Harlequin Longhorn, Black-and-yellow 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 Rutpela maculata (Harlequin Longhorn, Black-and-yellow Longhorn Beetle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Rutpela maculata (Harlequin Longhorn, Black-and-yellow Longhorn Beetle)
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