''Saperda carcharias'' is a species of

longhorn beetle The longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae), also known as long-horned or longicorns (whose larvae are often referred to as roundheaded borers), are a large family of beetles, with over 35,000 species described. Most species are characterized by Antenn ...

Ecology

''Saperda carcharias'' feeds almost exclusively on poplar trees, targeting the

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zone.

Taxonomy

''Saperda carcharias'' was first described in 1758, when

Carl Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...

included it in the

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of his ', under the name ''Cerambyx carcharias''. It was later chosen as the

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of a new genus, ''

Saperda ''Saperda'' is a genus of flat-faced longhorn beetles belonging to the family Cerambycidae, subfamily Lamiinae. The genus was erected by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. Species * '' Saperda alberti'' Plavilstshikov, 1916 * '' Saperda bacilli ...

''.

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Beetles of Europe Beetles of Asia Beetles described in 1758 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Saperdini-stub