Alosterna tabacicolor (De Geer, 1775)
(Tobacco-coloured Longhorn Beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAlosterna tabacicolor (Tobacco-coloured Longhorn Beetle)
TribeLepturini (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 Alosterna tabacicolor (Tobacco-coloured Longhorn Beetle) :
1: Alosterna tabacicolor (Tobacco-coloured Longhorn Beetle)
25 May 2011 OSGR: SU56 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
visiting Hedge Parsley
Image 1: Adult - dorsal view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 2: Adult - lateral view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 3: Adult - ventral view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 4: Antennae, head & thorax - antero-dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 5: Antennae, head & thorax - antero-dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 6: Antennae, head & thorax - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 7: Head & thorax - dorsal view - close-up - magnified

Alosterna tabacicolor (Tobacco-coloured Longhorn Beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Alosterna tabacicolor (Tobacco-coloured Longhorn Beetle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Alosterna tabacicolor (Tobacco-coloured Longhorn Beetle)
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