Taxonomy
Kingdom:	Phylum:	Class:	Order:	Family:	Genus:	Species:
Animalia	Arthropoda	Insecta	Coleoptera	Cerambycidae	Leptura	L.aethiops

Leptura aethiops is a relatively common species of deciduous and mixed forests which area of distribution covers almost the entire temperate forest zone of the Palearctic from Atlantic to Pacific Ocean coasts. The larvae develop in the decaying, often by fungi infested stumps or fallen trunks of deciduous trees, sometimes on conifers. The pupation takes place in wood in spring and early summer. The beetle's life cycle 2 years. Adults are active from May to August.

This is a medium size, completely black longhorn beetle.
Body size: ♂ 10 - 16 mm / ♀ 11 - 17 mm
A similar species Stenurella nigra is also black but it is smaller the under part of abdomen is red.