Eunidia breuningiae, an African (Sahel) faunistic element extending in the north-east of its distribution range to the Arabian Peninsula, has been described from Agadès environs (Aïr Mts., Niger) by André Villiers in 1950 [✩]. Larval development in Vachellia (= Acacia) spp. [✧], adults are nocturnal and can be attracted by light [❖].

Body length:	5.5 - 8 mm
Life cycle:	1 year [?]
Adults in:	March - November (depends on region)
Host plant:	Vachellia (= Acacia) spp.
Distribution:	Egypt, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Africa: Senegal, Niger, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Chad

The depicted mounted specimen was attracted by light trap in Hamout village environs (N16°42′39″ E53°09′12″; 1090 m a.s.l, Dhofar governorate, Oman) on September 29, 2025.

Collected by David Navrátil

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[✩]
Villiers A.:
Contribution à l'étude de l'Aïr (Mission L. Chopard et A. Villiers) Coléoptères Cerambycidae.
Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire 10: 199-201, 1950.

[❖]
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 ]

[✧]
Rapuzzi P. and al Dhafer H.:
The Cerambycidae fauna of Saudi Arabia (Coleoptera).
Revue suisse de Zoologie 131 (1): 177-217, 2024. [download ]