Cantharocnemis (Cantharocnemis) spondyloides Audinet-Serville, 1832

Subfamilia: PRIONINAE  /  Tribus: CANTHAROCNEMINI
Cantharocnemis spondyloides
[Photo © Lech Kruszelnicki]



Cantharocnemis (Cantharocnemis) spondyloides, a species widely distributed on the African continent and the Arabian Peninsula, has been described from Senegal by Jean-Guillaume Audinet-Serville in 1832 [▽].

Body length:26 - 46 mm
Life cycle:unknown
Adults in:July-September
Host plant:probably polyphagous on broadleaved trees and shrubs
Distribution:WP: Egypt, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen [▽]


The depicted beetle was collected in Oman.


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Audinet-Serville A.:
Nouvelle classification de la famille des longicornes.
Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, Paris (1) 1: 118-201, 1832. [download pdf icon]

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Drumont A.:
Compléments à l'étude du genre Cantharocnemis (1ère note) : revalidation du sous-genre Paracantharocnemis Plavilstshikov, 1933 et premières captures de C. (C.) spondyloides Serville, 1832 en Afrique du Sud et au Sultanat d' Oman (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Entomologia Africana 9 (2): 29-37, 2004. [download pdf icon]



 
SubfamiliaPrioninae Latreille, 1802
TribusCantharocnemini Thomson, 1861
GenusCantharocnemis Audinet-Serville, 1832
SubgenusCantharocnemis Audinet-Serville, 1832
SpeciesCantharocnemis (Cantharocnemis) spondyloides Audinet-Serville, 1832