Ceroplesis nigromaculata Aurivillius, 1910

  Information: Ceroplesis nigromaculata is a beautiful, colorful longhorn beetle African, inhabitant of dry savannas and semi-deserts of East Africa. It was described from Kenya by Aurivillius in 1910. 

Body length:  22 - 30 mm
Peak activity: April - June, October - December

  Remarks: It is rarer throughout its range. It seeks out higher elevation habitats with Acacia stands.

  Distribution: Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania
Zoogeographic region: Afrotropical

  Taxonomic classification:

  Katalog und Fotoatlas der Bockkäfer Äthiopiens | Adlbauer 2015

  Material examined (& observation):

Ethiopia  
Afar State | Shewa prov.
AWASH NP የአዋሽ በሔራዊ ፓር
Fantale crater zone & Metahara env.
(GPS)    
Altitude ~1000 - 1400 m a.s.l. |  29.11.2014

  Our observation period: November ~ December
  Sampling Methods: Attracted to light trap      &  on bush