Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: CROSSOTINI
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Biobessa holzschuhi, a very rare and not very well known species occuring in the Arabian Peninsula (Saudi Arabia, Yemen), has been described from Fayfa village environs (Saudi Arabia) by Pierre Teocchi in 1992 [✧]. Biology of this remarkable species is unknown.
Body length: 10 - 14 mm Life cycle: unknown Adults in: almost whole year Host plant: unknown Distribution: Saudi Arabia, Yemen
Depicted beetles were collected in: ♂ - 4 km SE of Fayfa village (N17°14′35″ E43°08′23″; 603 m a.s.l., Faifa Mountains/جِبَالُ فَيْفَاءَ, Jazan province, Saudi Arabia) on November 14, 2023; ♀ - 4 km SEE of Al Aridhah/العارضة (N17°01′37″ E43°07′42″; 522 m a.s.l., Jazan province, Saudi Arabia) on November 15, 2023.Collected by Walter Grosser
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Holzschuh C. and Teocchi P.:
Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of Saudi Arabia: Part I, Lamiinae.
Fauna of Saudi Arabia 12 [1991]: 295-311, 1992. [download]
| Subfamilia | Lamiinae Latreille, 1825 |
| Tribus | Crossotini Thomson, 1864 |
| Genus | Biobessa Gahan, 1898 |
| Species | Biobessa holzschuhi Teocchi, 1992 |