[= Plocaederus denticornis (Fabricius, 1801)]
[= Plocaederus atlanticus (Rungs, 1952)]
Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE / Tribus: CERAMBYCINI
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Neoplocaederus denticornis, a widely distributed species of Sub-Saharan Africa known also from Arabian peninsula and Morocco, has been described from Guinea as Cerambyx denticornis by Johann Christian in 1801 [★].
Body length: 26 - 40 mm Life cycle: 2 - 3 years Adults in: March - October Host plant: polyphagous in deciduous trees Distribution: Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Morocco and Sub-Saharan Africa
Depicted beetles were collected in: ♂ - Hawf environs (N16°39′ E53°04′; 477 m a.s.l., Al-Mahrah governorate, East Yemen) on March 31, 2007; ♀ - reared from larva found in Vachellia in Thirah village environs (N13°53′ E45°48′; 1100 m a.s.l., 20 km west of Lawdar, Abyan governorate, South Yemen) on March 26-27, 2007.Collected by Petr Kabátek
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Fabricius J. Ch.:
Systema eleutheratorum secundum ordines, genera, species: adiectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus.
Bibliopoli Academici Novi, Kiliae 2: 687pp, 1801. [download]
Sama G.:
Note préliminaire pour une faune des longicornes de l'Afrique du Nord. Synonymies, désignations de types (Coleoptera : Cerambycidae).
Biocosme Mésogéen, Nice 16 (1-2) [1999]: 79-100, 2000. [downloadTrócoli 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
| Subfamilia | Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802 |
| Tribus | Cerambycini Latreille, 1804 |
| Genus | Neoplocaederus Sama, 1991 |
| Species | Neoplocaederus denticornis (Fabricius, 1801) |