Crossotus subocellatus (Fairmaire, 1886)
[= Crossotus heimschi Peyerimhoff, 1922]
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: CROSSOTINI
[Photo © Jean-Claude Ringenbach]
[Photo © Jean-Claude Ringenbach]
[= Crossotus heimschi Peyerimhoff, 1922]
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: CROSSOTINI

[Photo © Jean-Claude Ringenbach]
Body length: 15 - 23 mm Life cycle: 2 years [?] Adults in: May - July Host plant: Vachellia tortilis Distribution: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia
The depicted beetle was reared from a larva found in Vachellia tortilis in Wadi Terhin (Lybia, N24°59'10'' E11°47'04'', 859 m, 10.VI.2002).Collected by our friend Jean-Claude Ringenbach
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]



[Photo © Jean-Claude Ringenbach]
Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Crossotini Thomson, 1864
Genus: Crossotus Audinet-Serville, 1835
Species: Crossotus subocellatus (Fairmaire, 1886)