Ceroplesis elegans Gestro, 1889

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: CEROPLESINI

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[Photo © Daniel Rydzi]

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Ceroplesis elegans, a beautiful species occuring in Arabian peninsula, has been described from Yemen by Raffaello Gestro in 1889 [✱]. Adults, active from November to May, are nocturnal and can be attracted by light.

Body length:	20 - 30 mm
Life cycle:	1 - 2 years
Adults in:	November - May
Host plant:	Vachellia spp.
Distribution:	Saudi Arabia, Yemen

Depicted beetle was reared from larva found in Vachellia branch in Wadi Murharash (1884 m a.s.l., 15 km NW of Sabt Al Alaya, ‘Asīr province, Saudi Arabia).

Collected by our friend František Kovařík

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Gestro R.:
Viaggio ad Assab nel Mar Rosso dei signori G. Doria ed Ó. Beccari con il r. avviso "esploratore" dal 16 novembre 1876 al 26 febbraio 1880.
Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova (Série 2) 7 (27): 5-72, 1889. [download ]

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[Photo © Daniel Rydzi]

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Subfamilia	Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus	Ceroplesini J. Thomson, 1860
Genus	Ceroplesis Audinet-Serville, 1835
Species	Ceroplesis elegans Gestro, 1889