Information: Ceroplesis ferrugator was described from the Cape of Good Hope locality in South Africa by Fabricius in 1787. A common species of dry savanna throughout the distribution area in the southern part of Africa.
Body length: 25 - 40 mm
Peak activity: November ~ May
Distribution: Botswana, Mozambique, Namibi, South Africa, Zimbabwe
(Ceroplesis ferrugator ferrugator : Mozambique, Namibi, South Africa)
Zoogeographic region: Afrotropical
Taxonomic classification:
Katalog und Fotoatlas der Bockkäfer Namibias | Adlbauer 2001
[= Ceroplesis marginalis Fåhraeus, 1872]
[= Ceroplesis ferrugator marginalis Fåhraeus, 1872]
Information: Ceroplesis ferrugator marginalis, is recognized by some collectors as a valid subspecies. It was described as a variation from the area of "Caffraria" by Fåhraeem in 1873. A now invalid area name belonging to what is now the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.
Body length: 25 - 40 mm
Adults in: March ~ April
Remarks: A common species of dry acacia savannas in southern Africa. It is often attracted to a light trap in the evening.
Distribution: Botswana, Mozambique, Namibi, South Africa, Zimbabwe
Lifezone: Afrotropical
Material examined (& observation):
Namibia 
Khomas region
Dordabis env.
(GPS) 
Altitude 1500 m a.s.l. | 7.4.2017
Our observation period: March ~ April
Sampling Methods: Attracted to light trap 
& on bush 
NamibiaCatalog of the Lamiines of the World
Laminae Ceroplesis ferrugator marginalis
