Confusion with Four-banded Longhorn beetle...

Hi Ken,

After I had entered Leptura quadrifasciata a couple of days ago in BF,
http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/showimage/9607/

I noticed in my older maps an exact similar beetle called Strangalia quadrifasciata I had entered too last year under that name in BF.
http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/showimage/6877/

Then I went to search on the web and there I found that both names are used for what I think is exactly the same beetle!!? So I thought maybe one of the names is outdated?

Images on Google for Strangalia quadrifasciata
http://images.google.be/images?rlz=1C1GGLS_nlBE312BE312&sourceid=chrome&q=Strangalia%20quadrifasciata&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=nl&tab=wi

Images for Leptura quadrifasciata
http://images.google.be/images?rlz=1C1GGLS_nlBE312BE312&sourceid=chrome&q=Strangalia%20quadrifasciata&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=nl&tab=wi

Thanks for noticing that. You are quite right, they are synonyms for the same beetle. It is a little hard to be sure which name is current, but it appears to be Leptura quadrifasciata. I have moved your recent images to the earlier entry (Strangalia quadrifasciata) and deleted the new entry and finally changed the name of the original entry to Strangalia quadrifasciata.
I have also added the two name to a list of synonyms that I am keeping against the day when Dave gives us the means to store synonyms in BugFiles,

You can now view all your images here: http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/go/5176/

Ken

Thanks Ken! :)