Information: Helymaeus adlbaueri, a beautiful and very rare species of Callichromini tribe occuring only in Ogaden (Somali State), has been described from Ethiopia by Juhel & Bentanachs, 2009.
Body length: 14 - 16 mm
Peak activity: November - December
Remarks: Specimens of the species Helymaeus adlbaueri were captured while mating on low vegetation and flowering herbs in a dry acacia bushland during the secondary growing season, coinciding with light rains.
Distribution: Ethiopia
Zoogeographic region: Afrotropical
Taxonomic classification:
Katalog und Fotoatlas der Bockkäfer Äthiopiens | Adlbauer 2015 Révision du genre Helymaeus Thomson, 1864 et des genres voisins | Juhel 2009
Material examined (& observation):
Ethiopia 
Somali State (Ogaden)
Liben region
between Filtu and Dolo Odo
(GPS) 
Altitude 940 m a.s.l. | 20.11.2014
Our observation period: November ~ December
Sampling Methods: on bush and flowers 
EthiopiaCerambycidae of the World by Larry G. Bezark
Cerambycidae Helymaeus adlbaueri
