CLOSED: Long-horned Beetle Strangalia which species?

wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Jun 19, 2007

The only one I can find similar is Strangalia maculata, the pattern at the top is very different though.

http://www.treknature.com/gallery/Europe/Germany/photo21092.htm

There are three species listed here, S. aurulenta, maculata, quadrifasciata.

http://www.ecoflora.co.uk/search_phytophagy.php

It's not S. aurulenta

http://aolsearch.aol.co.uk/aol/image?query=Strangalia%20aurulenta&invocationType=imageTab

Neither is it S. quadrifasciata.

http://aolsearch.aol.co.uk/aol/image?invocationType=topsearchbox.image&query=Strangalia+quadrifasciata

I found a site on the web search with S maculata which looks like mine, with no other info, I wonder if it's a sex difference? The top yelllow pattern is joined on this, mine is separate.

http://www.uknature.co.uk/S.maculata-info.html

I searched for Rutpela maculata, it's other name, and found a pic from English Nature, like mine with the exception that the yellow patches on the top of wings don't join on my beetle.

http://www.plantpress.com/wildlife/o254-rutpelamaculata.php

As there seems to be some variation in pattern, and nothing else to match, should we call it Strangalia maculata?

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Jun 19, 2007

Woops picture!

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Jun 19, 2007

It has stripes underneath.

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Jun 19, 2007

Here is another picture under the name Rutpela maculata which looks a very close match to yours: http://www.bioimages.org.uk/html/P1/P1255.php

Ken

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Jun 20, 2007

Thanks Ken, it has to be that.

Should I add it as Strangalia or Rutpela> as the name seems to have changed one way or the other.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longhorn_beetle_%28Cerambycidae%29_species_recorded_in_Britain

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Jun 20, 2007

I get the impression that Rutpela maculata is the current name. It certainly gives more hits on the net search.
I will note the synonym for inclusion when we eventually get the facility to store them,

Ken