Apocaulus abyssinicus Bjørnstad & Jiroux, 2010

ℹ  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:

Familia Cerambycidae  Latreille, 1802
Subfamilia Prioninae  Latreille, 1802
Tribus Ergatini  Fairmaire, 1864
Genus Apocaulus  Quentin & Villiers, 1977
Subgenus  - 

 

📚  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  💡 🔦 

 

Ethiopia
More information:

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