Gaurotes virginea
Encyclopedia
Gaurotes virginea is the species of the Lepturinae
subfamily in long-horned beetle family. This beetle is distributed in Europe
. Adult beetle feeds on Scots pine
, and Norway spruce
.
Lepturinae
Lepturinae is a subfamily of the longhorn beetle family , containing some 100 genera worldwide, and most diverse in the Northern Hemisphere. Until recently the subfamily Necydalinae was included within the lepturines, but this has been recently recognized as a separate subfamily...
subfamily in long-horned beetle family. This beetle is distributed in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
. Adult beetle feeds on Scots pine
Scots Pine
Pinus sylvestris, commonly known as the Scots Pine, is a species of pine native to Europe and Asia, ranging from Scotland, Ireland and Portugal in the west, east to eastern Siberia, south to the Caucasus Mountains, and as far north as well inside the Arctic Circle in Scandinavia...
, and Norway spruce
Norway Spruce
Norway Spruce is a species of spruce native to Europe. It is also commonly referred to as the European Spruce.- Description :...
.
Subtaxa
There are four varietets in species, and four varietets in nominative subspecies:- Gaurotes virginea aemula Mannerheim, 1852
- Gaurotes virginea kozhevnikovi Plavilstshikov, 1915
- Gaurotes virginea thalassina (Schrank, 1781)
- Gaurotes virginea virginea (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Gaurotes virginea virginea var. notaticollis (Pic)
- Gaurotes virginea virginea var. sanguinaria (Pic)
- Gaurotes virginea virginea var. vidua (Mulsant, 1839)
- Gaurotes virginea virginea var. violacea (DeGeer)