Xylosteus spinolae

Xylosteus spinolae is the species of the Lepturinae subfamily in long-horned beetle family.^[1] This beetle is distributed in Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Italy, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, and Turkey.^[1] Adult beetle feeds on flowers of common filbert, and common beech.^[1]

Xylosteus spinolae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Superfamily:	Cerambycoidea
Family:	Cerambycidae
Subfamily:	Lepturinae
Genus:	Xylosteus
Species:	X. spinolae
Binomial name
Xylosteus spinolae Frivaldsky, 1838
Synonyms
Rhagium rufiventre Germar, 1845 Xylosteus merkli Pic, 1910 Xylosteus rufiventris (Germar) Xylosteus spinolae rufiventris (Germar) Sama, 1993

Subspecies

There are two subspecies of the species:^[1]

• Xylosteus spinolae caucasicola (Plavistshikov, 1936)

Synonym: Xylosteus caucasicola Plavilstshikov, 1936

• Xylosteus spinolae spinolae Frivaldsky, 1838