Rhagium bifasciatum Fabricius, 1775
(Two-banded Longhorn Beetle)

Interactions where Rhagium bifasciatum is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
larva larva feeds within dead wood Betula birches Fagales: Betulaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cerambycidae/Rhagium bifasciatum/Rhagium bifasciatumtwo-banded longhorn beetlelarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/Betulabirchesdeadwood
larva larva feeds within dead wood Abies firs Pinales: Pinaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cerambycidae/Rhagium bifasciatum/Rhagium bifasciatumtwo-banded longhorn beetlelarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies/Abiesfirsdeadwood
larva larva feeds within dead wood Picea spruces Pinales: Pinaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cerambycidae/Rhagium bifasciatum/Rhagium bifasciatumtwo-banded longhorn beetlelarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea/Piceasprucesdeadwood
larva larva feeds within dead wood Pinus pines Pinales: Pinaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cerambycidae/Rhagium bifasciatum/Rhagium bifasciatumtwo-banded longhorn beetlelarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/Pinuspinesdeadwood
imago imago is associated with dead wood Major Pinus sylvestris Scots Pine Pinales: Pinaceae Identification - Longhorn Beetles: Part 1, Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2006
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cerambycidae/Rhagium bifasciatum/Rhagium bifasciatumtwo-banded longhorn beetleimago Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus sylvestris/Pinus sylvestrisScots pinedeadwoodMajor (4-7)
imago imago is associated with dead log Major Pinus sylvestris Scots Pine Pinales: Pinaceae Identification - Longhorn Beetles: Part 1, Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2006
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cerambycidae/Rhagium bifasciatum/Rhagium bifasciatumtwo-banded longhorn beetleimago Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus sylvestris/Pinus sylvestrisScots pinedeadlogMajor (4-7)
imago imago is associated with dead post Major Pinus sylvestris Scots Pine Pinales: Pinaceae Identification - Longhorn Beetles: Part 1, Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2006
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cerambycidae/Rhagium bifasciatum/Rhagium bifasciatumtwo-banded longhorn beetleimago Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus sylvestris/Pinus sylvestrisScots pinedeadpostMajor (4-7)
imago (in cell) in cell imago overwinters under dead bark Major Pinus sylvestris Scots Pine Pinales: Pinaceae Identification - Longhorn Beetles: Part 1, Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2006
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cerambycidae/Rhagium bifasciatum/Rhagium bifasciatumtwo-banded longhorn beetlein cellimago Plant / hibernates / under /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus sylvestris/Pinus sylvestrisScots pinedeadbarkMajor (10-4)
larva larva feeds within dead wood Major Pinus sylvestris Scots Pine Pinales: Pinaceae Identification - Longhorn Beetles: Part 1, Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2006
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cerambycidae/Rhagium bifasciatum/Rhagium bifasciatumtwo-banded longhorn beetlelarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus sylvestris/Pinus sylvestrisScots pinedeadwoodMajor
imago imago is associated with dead wood [Trees] broadleaved and coniferous trees Identification - Longhorn Beetles: Part 1, Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2006
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cerambycidae/Rhagium bifasciatum/Rhagium bifasciatumtwo-banded longhorn beetleimago Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Trees/Treesbroadleaved and coniferous treesdeadwood (4-7)
imago imago is associated with dead log [Trees] broadleaved and coniferous trees Identification - Longhorn Beetles: Part 1, Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2006
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cerambycidae/Rhagium bifasciatum/Rhagium bifasciatumtwo-banded longhorn beetleimago Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Trees/Treesbroadleaved and coniferous treesdeadlog (4-7)
imago imago is associated with dead post [Trees] broadleaved and coniferous trees Identification - Longhorn Beetles: Part 1, Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2006
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cerambycidae/Rhagium bifasciatum/Rhagium bifasciatumtwo-banded longhorn beetleimago Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Trees/Treesbroadleaved and coniferous treesdeadpost (4-7)
imago (in cell) in cell imago overwinters under dead bark [Trees] broadleaved and coniferous trees Identification - Longhorn Beetles: Part 1, Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2006
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cerambycidae/Rhagium bifasciatum/Rhagium bifasciatumtwo-banded longhorn beetlein cellimago Plant / hibernates / under /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Trees/Treesbroadleaved and coniferous treesdeadbark (10-4)
larva larva feeds within dead wood [Trees] broadleaved and coniferous trees Identification - Longhorn Beetles: Part 1, Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2006
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cerambycidae/Rhagium bifasciatum/Rhagium bifasciatumtwo-banded longhorn beetlelarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Trees/Treesbroadleaved and coniferous treesdeadwood

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2006Identification - Longhorn Beetles: Part 1British Wildlife Vol 18, No 6: 406-414.

Rhagium bifasciatum (Two-banded Longhorn Beetle) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Rhagium bifasciatum (Two-banded Longhorn Beetle) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesRhagium bifasciatum (Two-banded Longhorn Beetle)
GenusRhagium (a genus of longhorn beetles)
TribeRhagiini (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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Rhagium bifasciatum (Two-banded Longhorn Beetle)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Kaufmann, R.R.U. 1945 Further notes on the colour forms of Rhagium bifasciatum F.(Col., Cerambycideae) Ent. Mon. Mag.: 186-7.
Kaufmann, R.R.U. 1944 Notes on Rhagium bifasciatum F.(Col., Cerambycideae) and its varieties Ent. Mon. Mag.: 262-263.

Rhagium bifasciatum (Two-banded Longhorn Beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Rhagium bifasciatum (Two-banded Longhorn Beetle):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 13 images of Rhagium bifasciatum (Two-banded Longhorn Beetle)
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