Document Type
Entomological Note
Abstract
[Excerpt]
Many species of Lepturinae are noted for their great variation in color, while some are quite uniform in coloration. Strangalia bicolor (Swederus) is one of the Iatter type and usually shows virtually no variation. The elytra are uniformly blue-black with the exception of the inflexed corner of the humerus which is reddish-yellow. The wings and eyes are black, and the rest of the beetle is entirely reddish-yellow. Until recently, the only variation I had observed was one female with a small, triangular, reddish-yellow spot on the basal margin of each elytron near the scutellum. Linsley and Chemsak (1977) recorded a female with "the elytra darkened only along the lateral margins."
Recommended Citation
Gosling, D. C.L.
1977.
"Color Variation In Strangalia Bicolor (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae),"
The Great Lakes Entomologist, vol 10
(3)
: 163-164
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22543/0090-0222.2598
Available at:
https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol10/iss3/11