Hologaster kabateki Adlbauer, 2007

Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE  /  Tribus: OBRIINI

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Hologaster kabateki, an endemic species to Oman, has been described from Takwa environs (Oman) by Karl Adlbauer in 2007 [☆].

Body length:	7 - 11 mm
Life cycle:	1-2 years [?]
Adults in:	August - November
Host plant:	poyphagous in broadleaf trees (Vachellia (Acacia spp.), Prosopis cineraria)
Distribution:	an endemic species to Oman

The depicted beetles were reared from larvae found in branches of: ♂ – Prosopis cineraria in Rakhyūt (رخيوت) village environs (N16°45′3″ E53°25′00″; 10 m a.s.l., Dhofar Governorate, Oman) on September 18, 2022; ♀ – Vachellia in Wadi Nashib (N17°03′18″ E54°19′53″; 13 m a.s.l., 6km NW Taqah, Dhofar Governorate, Oman) on January 17-18, 2018.

Collected by Jan Pelikán and Petr Kabátek

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[☆]
Adlbauer K.:
Neu Bockkäfer aus der Arabischen Halbsinsel und Afrika (Coleoptera, Disteniidae und Cerambycidae).
Les Cahiers Magellanes 69: 1-21, 2007.

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Subfamilia	Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus	Obriini Mulsant, 1839
Genus	Hologaster Vinson, 1961
Species	Hologaster kabateki Adlbauer, 2007