Chlorophorus sexguttatus (Lucas, 1847)

Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE  /  Tribus: CLYTINI

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Chlorophorus sexguttatus is a conspicuous and with adjacent taxa unmistakable species occuring in North Africa (known from Algeria, Libya, Morocco). It has been described from Algeria by Pierre Hippolyte Lucas as Clytus sexguttatus in 1847 [✧]. Ch. sexguttatus larvae develop in the stems of herbaceous plants from Fabaceae family (e.g. Ebenus pinnata). Adults, active from April to June, are diurnal and anthophilous (often on Apiaceae) [❖].

Body length:	6 - 11 mm
Life cycle:	1 - 2 years
Adults in:	April - June
Host plant:	herbaceous plants from Fabaceae family (e.g. Ebenus pinnata)
Distribution:	Algeria, Libya, Morocco

The depicted beetles were collected in: ♂ - Tamri (التامري‬ / ⵜⴰⵎⵔⵉ) environs (N30°43′38″ W09°50′24″; 100 m a.s.l., Agadir-Ida Ou Tanane prefecture, Souss-Massa region, Morocco) in April 17-18, 2009; ♀ - Tifnite (تيفنيت / ⵜⵉⴼⵏⵉⵜ) village environs (Chtouka-Aït Baha province, Souss-Massa region, Morocco) in April 19-20, 2014;

Collected by Evžen Hajdaj, Patrik Hajdaj and Jaroslav Bednář

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[✧]
Lucas P.H.:
Histoire Naturelle des animaux articulés. Coléoptères.
In: Exploration scientifique de l'Algérie pendant les années 1840, 1841, 1842. Sciences Physiques et Zoologie II. (Deuxième partie. Insectes) [1846] 2: 590pp, 1847. [download ]

[❖]
Trócoli S.:
Actualización del catálogo de Longicornios de Marruecos Actualisation du catalogue des Longicornes du Maroc (Parte III / Partie III : Cerambycidae, Cerambycinae).
Revue de l'Association Roussillonnaise d'Entomologie (R.A.R.E.) 28 (3): 143-185, 2019. [download ]

Villiers A.:
Coléoptères Cérambycides de l'Afrique du Nord.
Faune de l'Empire Français, ORSC Paris, 5: 1-152, 1946. [download ]

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Subfamilia	Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus	Clytini Mulsant, 1839
Genus	Chlorophorus Chevrolat, 1863
Species	Chlorophorus sexguttatus (Lucas, 1847)