Eunidia nebulosa Erichson, 1843
[= Eunidia senilis Thomson, 1868]
[= Paphræcia obliquepicta Fairmaire, 1894]
[= Eunidia mixta Gahan, 1909]
[= Eunidia distinguenda Aurivillius, 1928]
[= Eunidia gabonica Breuning, 1957]
[= Eunidia proxima Breuning, 1957]

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: EUNIDIINI
Eunidia nebulosa

[Photo © Udo Schmidt, click on the picture for 4K resolution]

Eunidia nebulosa, a widespread African faunistic element extending in the north of its distribution range to the Arabian Peninsula, has been described from Angola by Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson in 1843 [✩]. Larval development unknown, adults are probably nocturnal and can be attracted by light [❖].

Body length:5 - 9 mm
Life cycle:1 year [?]
Adults in:March - September (depends on region)
Host plant:unknown
Distribution:Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Africa: Angola, Senegal, Niger, Cameroon, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Ivory Coast, Mozambique, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, South Africa


The depicted mounted specimen was collected in Kilaguni Lodge environs (800 m a.s.l., Tsavo National Park West, Kenya) on November 29, 1991.

Collected by our friend Udo Schmidt


[✩]
Erichson W.F.:
Beitrag zur Insecten-Fauna von Angola, in besonderer Beziehung zur geographischen Verbreitung der Insecten in Afrika.
Archiv für Naturgeschichte 9: 199-267, 1843. [download pdf icon]

[✮]
Adlbauer K.:
Zur Cerambycidenfauna Äthiopiens II - Lamiinae (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Linzer biologische Beiträge 32 (2): 963-998, 2000. [download pdf icon]

[❖]
Ambrus R. and Grosser W.:
Contribution to the knowledge of longhorn beetles from Dhofar region in sultanate of Oman (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).
Humanity space International Almanac 1 (2): 448-457, 2012. [download pdf icon]



 
SubfamiliaLamiinae Latreille, 1825
TribusEunidiini Teocchi, Sudre et Jiroux, 2010
GenusEunidia Erichson, 1843
SpeciesEunidia nebulosa Erichson, 1843