Leiopus nebulosus

Leiopus nebulosus is a species of longhorn beetle of the subfamily Lamiinae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It contains two subspecies; the first, L. nebulosus nebulosus, is known from Europe and Russia, and the second, L. nebulosus caucasicus, is endemic to the mountains of the Caucasus (from which its species epithet is derived). The beetles inhabit deciduous trees, including those in the genera Fagus, Quercus, Carpinus, Juglans, Acer, Ulmus, Betula, Salix, and Prunus. They measure 5–10 millimetres in length, and can live for approximately 1–2 years.[2][3]

Leiopus nebulosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Cerambycidae
Subfamily:	Lamiinae
Tribe:	Acanthocinini
Genus:	Leiopus
Species:	L. nebulosus
Binomial name
Leiopus nebulosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Cerambyx bifasciatus Goeze, 1777[1] Cerambyx fasciatus Villers, 1789[1] Cerambyx monilis Geoffroy, 1785[1] Cerambyx nebulosus Linnaeus, 1758[1] Cerambyx niger Geoffroy, 1762[1] Cerambyx taeniatus Gmelin, 1790[1]

Subspecies

• Leiopus nebulosus nebulosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Leiopus nebulosus caucasicus Ganglbauer, 1887

References

1. Wallin H., Nylander U., Kvamme T. (2009). Two sibling species of Leiopus Audinet-Serville, 1835 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from Europe: L. nebulosus (Linnaeus, 1758) and L. linnei sp. nov. Zootaxa 2010:31-45
2. Leiopus nebulosus nebulosus Archived 2012-07-05 at the Wayback Machine at www.cerambyx.uochb.cz.
3. Leiopus nebulosus caucasicus at www.cerambyx.uochb.cz.