Oberea (Oberea) pagana Harold, 1880

ℹ  Information: Oberea pagana was was described by Harold in 1880 from southern Kenya. A rarer species of dry acacia savannas.

Body length: 12 - 15 mm 
Peak activity: April - May, November - December

⚠  Remarks: Specimens of the species Oberea pagana were captured while mating on low vegetation and herbs in a dry acacia bushland during the secondary growing season, coinciding with light rains.


🌍  Distribution: Ethiopia, Kenya
Zoogeographic region: Afrotropical


🗄  Taxonomic classification:

Familia Cerambycidae  Latreille, 1802
Subfamilia Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus Saperdini Mulsant, 1839
Genus Oberea Dejean, 1835
Subgenus Oberea (Oberea) Dejean, 1835

 

📚  Katalog und Fotoatlas der Bockkäfer Äthiopiens | Adlbauer 2015


🔎  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  🌱  🌼

 

Ethiopia
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Somali State (Ogaden) dangerous road between Filtu and Dolo Odo | Road to Somalia (>490km Mogadishu)