Noserius indicus, an Oriental species distributed also in Afghanistan, Iran, Oman and United Arab Emirates, has been described from India as Hypoëschrus indicus by Charles Joseph Gahan in 1906 [✧].

Body length:	12 - 20 mm
Life cycle:	2 - 3 years
Adults in:	March - September
Host plant:	polyphagous on broadleaf trees (e.g. Senegalia, Dichopsis, Shorea, Vachellia)
Distribution:	Afghanistan, India, Iran, Taiwan, Pakistan, Baluchistan, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Nepal, Sri Lanka

The depicted female beetle was collected in Jalan Bani Bu Ali (ولاية جعلان بني بو علي) environs (N21°45′50″ E59°19′00″; 50 m a.s.l, Ash Sharqiyah South governorate, Oman) on March 8, 2023.

Collected by Martin Fiala

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Gahan Ch.J.:
The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Coleoptera. - Vol. I. (Cerambycidæ).
London, C. T. Bingham: xviii + 329 pp: 243-248, 1906. [download ]