Gnathacmaeops pratensis

Gnathacmaeops pratensis is a species of the Lepturinae subfamily in the long-horned beetle family.^[1] This beetle is distributed in Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, China, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, and the United States.^[1] The adult beetle feeds on Norway spruce.^[1]

Gnathacmaeops pratensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Cerambycidae
Genus:	Gnathacmaeops
Species:	G. pratensis
Binomial name
Gnathacmaeops pratensis (Laicharting, 1784)
Synonyms
Acmaeops longiceps (Kirby) LeConte, 1850 Acmaeops strigilata (Fabricius) LeConte in Agassiz, 1850 Acmaeops strigilatus (Fabricius) LeConte, 1850 Gnathacmaeops pratensis (Laicharting) Linsley & Chemsak, 1972 Leptura lateralis Estlund, 1796 Leptura longiceps Kirby, 1837 Leptura pratensis Laicharting, 1784 Leptura semi-marginata Randall, 1838 Leptura semimarginata (Randall) Melsheimer, 1853 Leptura strigilata Fabricius, 1792

Subtaxa

There can be two additional varieties in the species:^[1]

• Gnathacmaeops pratensis var. obscuripennis Pic, 1901
• Gnathacmaeops pratensis var. suturalis (Mulsant, 1863)