Körperlänge: 12–20 mm.

Kopf: glänzend schwarz, Lamellen an der Fühlerspitze schwarz (Name!).

Thorax: Halsschild und Elytren oberseits glänzend schwarz, Flügeldecken (Elytren) mit zwei breiten, orangefarbenen Querbändern, die unregelmäßige Ränder aufweisen.

Gesetzlicher Schutz und Rote Liste

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Merkmale

Verbreitung

In Europa von Irland, Großbritannien, Skandinavien und Finnland südlich bis Spanien, Italien und dem Peloponnes, östlich bis Japan sowie in Nordamerika in Alaska, Kanada und den nördlichen USA (GBIF; PESI).

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Literatur

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