Clytus rhamni
Clytus rhamni is a species of round-necked longhorn beetle belonging to the family Cerambycidae, subfamily Cerambycinae.
Subspecies
Subspecies include:- Clytus rhamni bellieri
- Clytus rhamni rhamni
- ''Clytus rhamni temesiensis''
Distribution
This common beetle is present in most of Europe in the eastern Palearctic realm, Caucasus, North Kazakhstan, Transcaucasia, Turkey, Armenia, Israel, Syria, Iran, and in the Near East.Habitat
This species occurs almost everywhere, but especially in meadows, in shrubs, in glades of wood, orchards and along paths.Description
Clytus rhamni can reach a body length of about. Head, pronotum and elytra are brownish or black. Males show a pronotum relatively fine and simply dotted, while females are coarser dotted.Elytra are only thinly dotted and more or less glossy. Antennae and legs are red-yellow, but the hind legs are darker. The elytrae are crossed by light yellow stripes, as this beetle imitates, for defensive purposes, like other species of the genus Clytus, the chromatic variety of wasps.
Bicolor tibiae distinguish Clytus rhamni bellieri subspecies. This species is very similar to Clytus arietis.