Daramus major major, a rare nominotypical subspecies endemic to Egypt, has been described as Tetropiopsis major from Sinai (Egypt) by Maurice Pic 1924 [❖]. Species of the genus Daramus are typical inhabitants of the entomocenosis of Vachellia (= Acacia) in Sahelian and Saharian arid biotopes [▽].

The correct position of genus Daramus in family Cerambycidae tree is stiil questionable (tribes Saphanini or Hesperophanini) and opinions differ author from author.

Body length:	10 - 17 mm
Life cycle:	2 years [?]
Adults in:	April - May
Host plant:	Vachellia tortilis raddiana (= Acacia raddiana)
Distribution:	a subspecies endemic to Egypt (Sinai)

The depicted mounted beetle was reared from a living twig of Vachellia tortilis raddiana collected in Ras Muhammad National Park (116 m a.s.l., N27°50′3″ E34°13′43″, Sharm El-Sheikh environs, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt) on June 19, 2005.

Collected by Daniele Baiocchi (Petr Kabátek in coll.)

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Pic M.:
Coléoptères exotiques en partie nouveaux (Suite.).
L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 39 (418): 30-32, 1924. [download ]

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Sama G. and Rapuzzi P.:
Preliminary report on a recent survey of the Egyptian Cerambycidae, with description of three new species (Insecta Coleoptera Cerambycidae).
Quaderni di Studi e Notizie di Storia Naturale della Romagna 23: 179-194, 2006. [download ]

Adlbauer K.:
Zur Synonymie nordafrikanischer Daramus-Arten (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Hesperophanini).
Les Cahiers Magellanes 9: 1-6, 2012.

Sama G.:
Les genres Daramus Fairmaire et Tetropiopsis Chobaut en Afrique du Nord (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Hesperophanini).
L'Entomologiste 50 (3): 169-180, 1994. [download ]