Body length:	12 - 18 mm
Life cycle:	2 years [?]
Adults in:	May - July
Host plant:	Acacia
Distribution:	Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, Israel, Jordan, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen [❖]

Depicted beetle was reared from larva found in Acacia branch collected in Taqah (طاقة‎) environs (85 m a.s.l., Dhofar governorate, SW Oman) in 2018.

Collected by P. Hubený

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Sama G:
Descrizione di un nuovo Crossotus Serville, 1835 del Medio Oriente (Insecta Coleoptera Cerambycidae).
Quaderni di Studi e Notizie di Storia Naturale della Romagna 13 (supplemento): 107-112, 2000. [download ]

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.

Sama G., Rapuzzi P.:
Preliminary report on a recent survey of the Egyptian Cerambycidae, with description of three new species (Insecta Coleoptera Cerambycidae).
Quaderni di Studi e Notizie di Storia Naturale della Romagna 23: 179-194, 2006. [download ]