Daramus mehennii Sama, 1994

Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE  /  Tribus: HESPEROPHANINI

Daramus mehennii
Photo © Jean-Claude Ringenbach

Body length:7 - 11 mm
Life cycle:2 years [?]
Adults in:June - August [?]
Host plant:Acacia tortilis
Distribution:North Africa

This very interesting and rare longhorn beetle was reared by our friend Jean-Claude Ringenbach from a dead wood of Acacia tortilis collected south of Wadi I-n-Haggaren in Messak Settafet (Fezzan, Libya).

Daramus mehennii
Photo © Jean-Claude Ringenbach


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