# List of longhorn beetle (Cerambycidae) species recorded in Britain

The following is a list of the longhorn beetles recorded in Great Britain. Longhorn beetles are found on every continent in the world except Antarctica, and are among the most diverse and important beetle families. Around 35,000 species are known. There are fifty-nine native species of longhorn beetle in Britain, besides a few species known from accidental introductions, and a handful of species now believed to be extirpated from Britain. Longhorn beetles are found through the vast majority of Britain, excepting some remote parts of Scotland, but enjoy their greatest diversity in southern England, especially in some of the Home Counties, in Hampshire, and in Cambridgeshire. In Scotland, they are more diverse and more frequently recorded in the Highlands rather than the Lowlands.: 20–2, 26–8

## List of native species

There are fifty-nine native species of longhorn beetle in Great Britain, in five subfamilies.

### Subfamily Cerambycinae

| Species | Distribution | Distribution in Britain |
| Anaglyptus mysticus (Linnaeus, 1758)   Rufous-shouldered longhorn beetle$^{:303}$ | Throughout Europe; Turkey also. | Patchy distribution in England.$^{:303}$ |
| Aromia moschata (Linnaeus, 1758)   Musk beetle$^{:305}$ | Throughout the Palearctic realm. | Patchy distribution in England.$^{:305}$ |
| Callidium violaceum (Linnaeus, 1758) | Eurasia, from Europe through Caucasia and China to Japan. | England. Recorded more in the Midlands and points southward. |
| Clytus arietis (Linnaeus, 1758)   Wasp beetle$^{:302}$ | Europe and western Asia. | Common throughout England.$^{:302}$ |
| Gracilia minuta (Fabricius, 1781)   Basket beetle | Western Palearctic realm. | Throughout England; few records in Wales and Scotland. |
| Hylotrupes bajulus (Linnaeus, 1758)   Old house borer | Originally from Europe, but now with a cosmopolitan distribution. | Southern England, with some records from the Midlands and Wales. |
| Molorchus minor (Linnaeus, 1758)   Spruce shortwing beetle$^{:306}$ | Eurasia, from Korea and China through Mongolia and Iran to Europe, Turkey, and Russia. | Scattered distribution through southern England, the Midlands, central Wales, and near Middlesbrough.$^{:306}$$^{:63}$ |
| Molorchus umbellatarum (Schreber, 1759)   Pear shortwing beetle$^{:306}$ | Europe and western Asia. | Southern England and southeast Wales.$^{:64}$ |
| Nathrius brevipennis (Mulsant, 1839) | Western Palearctic realm: Europe and North Africa to central Asia. | Scattered records through England.$^{:62}$ |
| Obrium brunneum (Fabricius, 1793)   Brown longhorn beetle$^{:306}$ | Europe, Turkey, and Caucasia. | Southeast England only.$^{:306}$ |
| Plagionotus arcuatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Western Palearctic realm: Europe and North Africa to Caucasia and Iran. | Scattered English records in Yorkshire and southwards, excluding the South West Peninsula. |
| Poecilium alni (Linnaeus, 1767)   White-banded longhorn beetle$^{:303}$ | Europe and western–central Asia. | Scarce; found in some woodlands in South East England.$^{:303}$ |
| Pyrrhidium sanguineum (Linnaeus, 1758)   Welsh oak longhorn beetle$^{:303}$ | Common in central Europe; found around the Palearctic realm in Iran and westwards. | Found in southeastern Wales and patchily distributed elsewhere in Wales and in England's Midlands and southern regions.$^{:303}$ |

### Subfamily Lamiinae

| Species | Distribution | Distribution in Britain |
| Acanthocinus aedilis (Linnaeus, 1758)   Timberman beetle | Northern Eurasia and all of Europe. | Most common in the Scottish Highlands; scattered records elsewhere. |
| Agapanthia villosoviridescens (De Geer, 1775)   Golden-bloomed grey longhorn beetle | Europe and western–central Asia. | Central and southern England, but not in South West England. |
| Lamia textor (Linnaeus, 1758)   Weaver beetle | Eurasia: from Europe through Turkey and Central Asia to Japan and Taiwan. | Scattered records throughout Britain, possibly now restricted to Cambridgeshire. |
| Leiopus nebulosus (Linnaeus, 1758)   Black-clouded longhorn beetle$^{:303}$ | Europe, Russia, and the Near East. | Throughout Wales, in England but far less common in the North and in Cornwall; a few records in Scotland. |
| Mesosa nebulosa (Fabricius, 1781)   White-clouded longhorn beetle$^{:304}$ | Europe and the Mediterranean area. | Southern England.$^{:74}$ |
| Oberea oculata (Linnaeus, 1758) | Throughout the Palearctic realm. | Wetlands: uncommon, but most-reported in East Anglia.$^{:84}$ |
| Phytoecia cylindrica (Linnaeus, 1758)   Umbellifer longhorn beetle$^{:308}$ | Throughout Europe. | Common in England south of the Humber.$^{:86}$ |
| Pogonocherus fasciculatus (De Geer, 1775) | Europe and western–central Asia. | Scattered distribution from the Scottish Highlands to South East England.$^{:75}$ |
| Pogonocherus hispidulus (Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783)   Greater thorn-tipped longhorn beetle$^{:304}$ | Common in Europe, Siberia, and Turkey and Caucasia. | Common through most of England; patchy records from Scotland.$^{:76}$$^{:304}$ |
| Pogonocherus hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758)   Lesser thorn-tipped longhorn beetle$^{:304}$ | Western Palearctic realm: Europe, west Asia, and North Africa. | Common through inland Wales, the Midlands, and the south of England except the South West Peninsula; scattered records in the north of England.$^{:77}$$^{:304}$ |
| Saperda carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758)   Large poplar longhorn beetle$^{:81}$ | Throughout Russia; from Mongolia west to Europe. | East Anglia and Lincolnshire to Yorkshire; a few records in the Scottish Highlands.$^{:81}$ |
| Saperda populnea (Linnaeus, 1758)   Small poplar borer$^{:302}$ | Western Palearctic realm: North Africa, Europe, and western–central Asia. | Patchy distribution mainly in England, especially southwards.$^{:302}$$^{:82}$ |
| Saperda scalaris (Linnaeus, 1758)   Ladder-marked longhorn beetle$^{:302}$ | Europe through central Asia to China and Korea. | Uncommon; scattered distribution from the English Midlands to Scotland.$^{:302}$ |
| Stenostola dubia (Laicharting, 1784)   Lime longhorn beetle$^{:304}$ | Throughout Europe. | Patchy distribution: in the southeast of England and in a broad diagonal swathe from Cornwall to County Durham, including the innermost part of Wales.$^{:85}$ |
| Tetrops praeustus (Linnaeus, 1758)   Plum longhorn beetle$^{:305}$ | Found in most of the western Palearctic realm: Europe, Russia, western Asia, and Algeria. | Common through England in Yorkshire through to Dorset, excepting the South West Peninsula and Lancashire.$^{:305}$ |
| Tetrops starkii Chevrolat, 1859 | Europe, Turkey, and Azerbaijan. | Scattered records in southern England.$^{:88}$ |

### Subfamily Lepturinae

| Species | Distribution | Distribution in Britain |
| Alosterna tabacicolor (De Geer, 1775)   Tobacco-coloured longhorn beetle$^{:298}$ | Europe and western–central Asia. | Common in England south of the Humber; patchy distribution from there through to Scotland.$^{:298}$ |
| Anastrangalia sanguinolenta (Linnaeus, 1761)   Blood-red longhorn beetle$^{:297}$ | Europe and western–central Asia. | Rare: Scottish Highlands only.$^{:297}$ |
| Anoplodera sexguttata (Fabricius, 1775)   Six-spotted longhorn beetle$^{:297}$ | Europe, Turkey, and Algeria. | Rare: patchy distribution in England.$^{:297}$ |
| Dinoptera collaris (Linnaeus, 1758) | Europe and western Asia, including Caucasia. | Patchy distribution in south east England and the Midlands. |
| Grammoptera abdominalis (Stephens, 1831)   Black grammoptera$^{:296}$ | Europe, but not the North nor any of Caucasia. | Scarce: found only patchily in south east England and the Midlands.$^{:296}$ |
| Grammoptera ruficornis (Fabricius, 1781)   Common grammoptera$^{:296}$ | Europe and western Asia, including Russia and Caucasia. | Common throughout England and Wales; patchy records from Scotland.$^{:296}$ |
| Grammoptera ustulata (Schaller, 1783)   Burnt-tip grammoptera$^{:296}$ | Europe and western Asia, including Caucasia. | Rare: found only sparsely in southern England, the Midlands, and parts of Wales.$^{:296}$ |
| Judolia sexmaculata (Linnaeus, 1758) | Throughout Europe in select coniferous forests. | Recorded from the Scottish Highlands only. |
| Leptura aurulenta Fabricius, 1793   Golden-haired longhorn beetle$^{:301}$ | North Africa and Turkey to Europe, excluding the North. | Scarce: patchily distributed south of the Midlands.$^{:301}$ |
| Leptura quadrifasciata Linnaeus, 1758   Four-banded longhorn beetle$^{:301}$ | Europe and western Asia, including Caucasia. | Found in most of England and Scotland and throughout Wales.$^{:301}$ |
| Pachytodes cerambyciformis (Schrank, 1781) | Caucasia through Turkey to Europe; absent from northern Europe. | Throughout Wales, neighbouring English regions, and the South West Peninsula; also found southern England, with scattered records from the North and in Scotland.$^{:50}$ |
| Paracorymbia fulva (De Geer, 1775) | Mainly southern and western Europe; also found in Russia and Anatolia. | Mostly found in southern England.$^{:44}$ |
| Pedostrangalia revestita (Linnaeus, 1767) | Europe and Turkey. | South east England and East Anglia only.$^{:57}$ |
| Phymatodes testaceus (Linnaeus, 1758) | From North Africa, around the through Israel and Iran to Turkey and Europe. | Common through England south of the Humber.$^{:70}$ |
| Pseudovadonia livida (Fabricius, 1777)   Fairy-ring longhorn beetle$^{:298}$ | Europe and western Asia. | Common in parts of southern England and the Midlands.$^{:298}$ |
| Rhagium bifasciatum Fabricius, 1775   Two-banded longhorn beetle$^{:300}$ | Europe, and western Asia. | Common throughout Great Britain, excepting only parts of Scotland.$^{:300}$ |
| Rhagium inquisitor (Linnaeus, 1758)   Ribbed pine borer$^{:300}$ | Western Palearctic realm: Europe, parts of North Africa, and western Asia. | Scarce: found only in the Scottish Highlands.$^{:300}$ |
| Rhagium mordax (De Geer, 1775)   Black-spotted longhorn beetle$^{:300}$ | Europe, Russia, and Caucasia. | Common throughout Great Britain, excepting only parts of Scotland.$^{:300}$ |
| Rutpela maculata (Poda, 1761)   Black-and-yellow longhorn beetle$^{:301}$ | Europe and western Asia. | Common through England except in the Pennines and in far southern Scotland.$^{:301}$ |
| Stenocorus meridianus (Linnaeus, 1758)   Variable longhorn beetle$^{:300}$ | Europe, western and central Asia, and Siberia. | Common throughout England, especially in the South and the Midlands.$^{:38}$ |
| Stenurella melanura (Linnaeus, 1758)   Black-striped longhorn beetle$^{:298}$ | Europe and western Asia. | Common through southern England and most of the Midlands.$^{:298}$ |
| Stenurella nigra (Linnaeus, 1758) | Europe and western Asia. | Rare species: scattered records through southern England and most of the Midlands.$^{:298}$ |
| Stictoleptura rubra (Linnaeus, 1758)   Red longhorn beetle$^{:299}$ | Found in Europe, North Africa, and Russia. | Patchy distribution in East Anglia and elsewhere south of the Humber, including south Wales.$^{:299}$ |
| Stictoleptura scutellata (Fabricius, 1781)   Large black longhorn beetle$^{:299}$ | Palearctic realm from North Iran and westwards; absent from northern Europe. | Rare: patchy distribution around London and a few other areas in England south of the Humber.$^{:299}$ |
| Strangalia attenuata (Linnaeus, 1758) | Found from Japan, Korea, and Russia's Far East through Siberia and central Asia to Europe, Caucasia, and Iran. | Reported only in far southern England. |

### Subfamily Prioninae

| Species | Image | Distribution | Distribution in Britain |
| Prionus coriarius (Linnaeus, 1758)   Tanner beetle$^{:305}$ | | Found in forested parts of the Palearctic realm in Iran and westwards. | Scarce in Great Britain: sparsely distributed in southern England and in south Wales.$^{:305}$ |

### Subfamily Spondylidinae

| Species | Distribution | Distribution in Britain |
| Arhopalus ferus (Mulsant, 1839)   Burnt pine longhorn beetle | Europe, North Africa, western–central Asia. | Patchy distribution in England; more commonly reported from the south. |
| Arhopalus rusticus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Eurasia: Europe to China, including Mongolia and Iran; northwestern Africa. | England in Yorkshire and southwards, Wales, and the Scottish Highlands. |
| Asemum striatum (Linnaeus, 1758)   Pine-stump borer$^{:306}$ | Holoarctic realm: Eurasia and North America. | Patchy distribution throughout Great Britain; absent from the South West Peninsula.$^{:306}$ |
| Tetropium gabrieli Weise, 1905   Larch longhorn | Europe. | Wales, except the southwest; throughout England, but barely in the South West Peninsula; a few records from Highland Scotland. |

## Introduced species

There are a few introduced species of longhorn beetle present in Britain.
| Species | Distribution | Distribution in Britain |
| Agapanthia cardui (Linnaeus, 1767) | Europe, Egypt, Turkey, and Kazakhstan. | Common in east Kent; there is also one isolated record from Wales. |
| Stictoleptura cordigera (Fuessly, 1775)   Heart longhorn beetle$^{:299}$ | Europe except for the North; Turkey and western Asia; and Libya. | London and Essex: multiple records from London's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and area, but no farther west from that; found as far east as Thurrock, Essex. |
| Tetropium castaneum (Linnaeus 1758)   Black spruce longhorn beetle$^{:307}$ | Found in forested parts of the north Palearctic realm. | Patchily introduced with scattered records from Scotland south to England, not south of London.$^{:305}$ Believed to be now naturalised.$^{:22}$ |