Daramus (Daramus) major macrops (Peyerimhoff, 1943) was described also under names Daramus mehennii Sama, 1994 and Daramus sahrawi Sama & Rapuzzi, 2008. Both taxa were synonymised by Adlbauer in 2012 [❖]. The correct position of genus Daramus in family Cerambycidae tree is stiil questionable (tribes Saphanini or Hesperophanini) and opinions differ author from author.

Body length:	7 - 11 mm
Life cycle:	2 years [?]
Adults in:	June - August [?]
Host plant:	Vachellia tortilis
Distribution:	North Africa

This very interesting and rare longhorn beetle was reared by our friend Jean-Claude Ringenbach [✧] from a dead wood of Vachellia tortilis collected south of Wadi I-n-Haggaren in Messak Settafet (Fezzan, Libya).

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Adlbauer K.:
Zur Synonymie nordafrikanischer Daramus-Arten (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Hesperophanini).
Les Cahiers Magellanes 9: 1-6, 2012.

Sama G.:
Les genres Daramus Fairmaire et Tetropiopsis Chobaut en Afrique du Nord (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Hesperophanini).
L'Entomologiste 50 (3): 169-180, 1994. [download ]

Sama G.:
Preliminary note on the Cerambycid fauna of North Africa with the description of new taxa (Insecta Coleoptera Cerambycidae).
Quaderno di Studi e Notizie di Storia Naturale della Romagna 27: 217-245, 2008. [download ]

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Sama G., Ringenbach, J.-C. and Rejzek M.:
A preliminary survey of the Cerambycidae of Lybia (Coleoptera).
Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 110 (4/5): 439-454, 2005. [download ]

Subfamilia: Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus: Hesperophanini Mulsant, 1839
Genus: Daramus Fairmaire, 1892
Subgenus: Daramus Fairmaire, 1892
Species: Daramus (Daramus) major (Pic, 1924)
Subspecies: Daramus (Daramus) major macrops (Peyerimhoff, 1943)