[= Phoryctus mucoreus Gerstaecker, 1871]
[= Enaretta intermedia Aurivillius, 1925]
[= Fouquetia fasciculata Pic, 1932]
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: APOMECYNINI
[Photo © Daniel Rydzi]
Enaretta enaretta, an interesting representative of African entomofauna extending in the north of its distribution range to Egypt, has been described from Lake Ngami environs (Botswana) by James Thomson in 1864 [▽].
Body length: 8 - 12 mm Life cycle: 1 year [?] Adults in: January - September Host plant: Vachellia spp. [✧] Distribution: Egypt, Africa (Angola, Benin, Botswana, Chad, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mali, Niger, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda)
The depicted beetles were collected in Von Bach dam environs (S22°0′41″ E16°57′05″; Okahandja, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia) on February 10, 2023.Collected by our friend Daniel Rydzi
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Thomson J.:
Systema Cerambycidarum ou exposé de tous les genres compris dans la famille des Cérambycides et familles limitrophes.
Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège 19: 1-540 [page 326], 1864. [download]
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Adlbauer K.:
Cerambyciden von Kyambura Game Reserve in W-Uganda (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Linzer biologische Beiträge 30 (2): 533-568, 1998. [download
[Photo © Daniel Rydzi]
| Subfamilia | Lamiinae Latreille, 1825 |
| Tribus | Apomecynini J. Thomson, 1860 |
| Genus | Enaretta Thomson, 1864 |
| Species | Enaretta castelnaudi Thomson, 1864 |