Information: Lachneophysis rougeoti, is a very rare species endemic to the mountains of southern Ethiopia. Reddish brown to blackish brown in color with distinct three pits on the pronotum. Females in particular are very hairy.
First caught in the mountains (ca. 2000 m a.s.l. ) P. C. Rougeot in 1973 and described by Quentin & Villiers in 1978. Since then very rarely caught.
A larger series of pieces was collected by Robert Beck in 2006 in Bale Mountains National Park. The pieces were collected exclusively on the yellow-flowering bushes of Hypericum revolutum at an altitude of about 3000 m a.s.l. Adlbauer (2008) states that flight activity has not been observed so far, probably due to low temperatures at high altitudes.
Body length: 32 - 46 mm
Peak activity: (April), November - December
Remarks: The species probably occurs mainly during the secondary rainy season and outside the main growing season (November to December).
At our newly discovered location in Ilubabor province, all the pieces were attracted to the light trap at night, despite the low temperature and high humidity.
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 
EthiopiaPrioninae of the world (Jiří Pirk) - photos of the type material
Prioninae of the world
The World of Prioninae (Norbert Delahaye)
Coleoptera Cerambycidae Prioninae
