Information: Apocaulus abyssinicus, is a rare endemic species found in the mountains of southwestern Ethiopia. It was described in 2010 by Bjørnstad & Jiroux based on a specimen caught in 2002 by entomologist Petr Malec from the Mizan Teferi area.
Body length: 20 - 25 mm
Zoogeographic region: April - May, November ~ December
Remarks:
Distribution: Ethiopia
Zoogeographic region: Afrotropical
Taxonomic classification:
Katalog und Fotoatlas der Bockkäfer Äthiopiens | Adlbauer 2015
Material examined (& observation):
Ethiopia
SNNPS | Ilubabor prov.
Tepi env.
(GPS)
Altitude 2176 m a.s.l. | 12.11.2014
Our observation period: November ~ December
Sampling Methods: Attracted to light trap
Prioninae of the world (Jiří Pirk) - photos of the type material
Prioninae of the world
The World of Prioninae (Norbert Delahaye)
Coleoptera Cerambycidae Prioninae
Titan database on world-wide Cerambycidae
Prioninae Apocaulus abyssinicus