Rhagium bifasciatum Fabricius, 1775
(Two-banded Longhorn Beetle)

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Rhagium bifasciatum ab latefasciatum
a longhorn beetle
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Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesRhagium bifasciatum (Two-banded Longhorn Beetle)
GenusRhagium (a genus of longhorn beetles)
TribeRhagiini (a tribe of longhorn beetles)
SubfamilyLEPTURINAE (a subfamily of longhorn beetles)
FamilyCERAMBYCIDAE (longhorn beetles)
SuperfamilyCHRYSOMELOIDEA (leaf, longhorn and seed beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Rhagium bifasciatum (Two-banded Longhorn Beetle) :
1: Rhagium bifasciatum (Two-banded Longhorn Beetle)
19 May 2007 OSGR: TF93 52° 50’ N, 0° 60’ E Vice County: West Norfolk (VC 28) England
on veteran Pedunculate Oak trunk
Image 1: In situ - antero-dorsal viewImage 2: In situ - dorsal view
2: Rhagium bifasciatum (Two-banded Longhorn Beetle)
19 May 2004 OSGR: SX47 50° 30’ N, 4° 10’ W Vice County: South Devon (VC 3) England
Image 1: Antero-dorsal view - close-upImage 2: Dorso-lateral view - close-upImage 3: Latero-dorsal view - close-upImage 4: Latero-dorsal view - close-up (2)
3: Rhagium bifasciatum (Two-banded Longhorn Beetle)
16 Jun 1979 OSGR: SU94 51° 10’ N, 0° 30’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England
Mating pair
Image 1: Mating pair - dorsal view - in situImage 2: Mating pair - laterodorsal view - close-up

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Kaufmann, R.R.U. 1945 Further notes on the colour forms of Rhagium bifasciatum F.(Col., Cerambycideae) Ent. Mon. Mag.: 186-7.
Kaufmann, R.R.U. 1944 Notes on Rhagium bifasciatum F.(Col., Cerambycideae) and its varieties Ent. Mon. Mag.: 262-263.

Rhagium bifasciatum (Two-banded Longhorn Beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Rhagium bifasciatum (Two-banded Longhorn Beetle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 14 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Rhagium bifasciatum (Two-banded Longhorn Beetle)
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