Crossotus tubericollis (Fairmaire, 1891)
[= Dichostathes tubericollis Fairmaire, 1891]
[= Crossotus bimaculatus Aurivillius, 1903]

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: CROSSOTINI
Crossotus tubericollis
[Photo © David Navrátil]



Body length:14 - 20 mm
Life cycle:2 years [?]
Adults in:May - July
Host plant:Acacia, Argania
Distribution:Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ivory Coast, Malawi, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Western Sahara, Zambia [❖]


Depicted beetle was reared from larva found in dead Acacia branch collected in Kasbah of Agadir (135 m a.s.l., Morocco) in May 14, 2007.

Collected by Petr Kabátek


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Sudre J., Teocchi P., Sama G. & Rousset F.:
Les genres Crossotus, Biobessoides et Epidichostates (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae, Crossotini). Notes préliminaires pour une révision du genre Crossotus, avec remarques synonymiques et bionomiques sur les genre Corus, Biobessoides et Epidichostates.
Magellanes: Collection systématique 15: 1-80, 2007.


Trócoli S.:
Actualización del catálogo de Longicornios de Marruecos / Actualisation du catalogue des Longicornes du Maroc (Parte IV / Partie IV : Cerambycidae : Lamiinae).
Revue de l'Association Roussillonnaise d'Entomologie (R.A.R.E.) 29 (1): 26-65, 2020. [download pdf icon]

Adelbauer Karl & Beck R.:
Katalog und Fotoatlasder Bockkäfer Äthiopiens (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Taita Publishers, Hradec Králové, Czechia, 1-312, 2015.


Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Crossotini Thomson, 1864
Genus: Crossotus Audinet-Serville, 1835
Species: Crossotus tubericollis (Fairmaire, 1891)