Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE / Tribus: CERAMBYCINI
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Anarchambyx pipposamai, a rare and not well known species endemic to Arabian peninsula [✱], has been described (together with a new genus) from Yemen by Gianfranco Sama in 2007 [▽].
Body length: 20 - 30 mm Life cycle: 2 years [?] Adults in: June - August [?] Host plant: Vachellia spp. Distribution: an endemic species to Arabian peninsula (Saudi Arabia, Yemen)
The depicted mounted beetle were reared from larva found in dead Vachellia in: ♂ – Sabt al Alazzah (سبت العلاية) environs (N19°34′ E41°55′; 2100 m a.s.l., Asir region, Al-Baha Province, Saudi Arabia) on April 6–13, 2025. ♀ – Al-Mandaq (المندق) environs (Hejaz region, Al-Baha Province, Saudi Arabia) on May 22, 2024.Collected by Karel Hodek and Lukáš Skořepa
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Sama G.:
Description of two new genera and one new species of Cerambycidae from the Arabian Peninsula (Insecta Coleoptera Cerambycidae).
Quaderni di Studi e Notizie di Storia Naturale della Romagna 24: 97-105, 2007. [download]
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Rapuzzi P. and al Dhafer H.:
The Cerambycidae fauna of Saudi Arabia (Coleoptera).
Revue suisse de Zoologie 131 (1): 177-217, 2024. [download
Male genitalia of Anarchambyx pipposamai Sama, 2007 in detail: A. aedeagus, B. lateral lobes, C. subgenital plate.
[Photo © David Navrátil]
| Subfamilia | Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802 |
| Tribus | Cerambycini Latreille, 1804 |
| Genus | Anarchambyx Sama, 2007 |
| Species | Anarchambyx pipposamai Sama, 2007 |