Strangalia melanura Classification Family Cerambycidae > Subfamily Lepturinae > Tribe Lepturini > Genus Strangalia Diagnostic Features of Larvae Mature larva. Similar to that of Leptura quadrifasciata, from which it may be distinguished as follows. Length up to 16 mm; breadth (at prothorax) 3.25 mm. Form more slender, and tapering posteriorly. Head with temples pale behind ocellus (maximum head-width 2.75 mm). Ocellus with lens very strongly protuberant anteriorly and slightly compressed; pigmented spot very distinct and granular. Hypostoma about three times as wide as median length. Prothorax with band across anterior margin pale testaceous. Eusternum finely reticulate, with a few scattered setae. Abdomen with ampullae present on tergites one to six and sternites one to seven, the seventh being greatly reduced. Pupa. Similar to that of L. quadrifasciata, from which it differs as follows. Length 6-9.25 mm; maximum breadth 3.5 mm. Head with vertex bearing a pair of long, stout setae above base of each antenna; front with five similar setae opposite base of each antenna. Mandible with a single stout seta near middle of outer face. Pronotum with hind angles more strongly produced; basal half with a deep longitudinal impression; front and lateral margins bearing numerous long setae; hind margin with a transverse row (interrupted medially) of long, stout setae; disc glabrous. Mesonotum with four short, stout setae. Metanotum flat, with a few minute setae. Abdomen with tergites one to seven almost flat and equipped with paired groups of two or three stout setae. Eighth tergite short and with about six long, fine setae. Ninth tergite short and fringed with numerous long setae. Urogomphi excurved, short, stout and testaceous. Sternites three 'to seven with a posterior row of long, fine setae. Eighth sternite with a pair of very long setae. Pleura with long, slender, paired setae. Legs with one stout seta, and sometimes two or three smaller setae near apex of each femur. Adapted from Duffy (1953). Biology and Economic Importance Biology and economic importance for this taxon coming soon. Selected References to Larvae Specimens Duffy, 1953