Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: APOMECYNINI
[Photo © David Navrátil, click on the picture for 4K resolution]
Enaretta samai, an interesting species endemic to Arabian peninsula, has been described from beetles collected in Saudi Arabia and Oman by Pierpaolo Rapuzzi and Hathal al Dhafer in 2024 [▽]. Specimens of E. samai from Arabian peninsula were often misidentified as broadly distributed sister taxon Enaretta caudata (Fåhraeus, 1872) [▽]. Larval development reported in Vachellia sp., adults are nocturnal and can be attracted to light traps.
Body length: 6 - 7 mm Life cycle: 1 year [?] Adults in: January - September Host plant: Vachellia spp. Distribution: and endemic species to Arabian peninsula (Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen [?])
The depicted beetles (paratypes) were collected in Al Mughsail (المغسيل) environs (N16°51′45″ E53°43′18″; 115 m a.s.l,. Jabal al Qamar, Dhofar governorate, Oman) on September 26, 2011.Collected by our friend Walter Grosser
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Rapuzzi P. and al Dhafer H.:
The Cerambycidae fauna of Saudi Arabia (Coleoptera).
Revue suisse de Zoologie 131 (1): 177-217, 2024. [download]
| Subfamilia | Lamiinae Latreille, 1825 |
| Tribus | Apomecynini J. Thomson, 1860 |
| Genus | Enaretta Thomson, 1864 |
| Species | Enaretta samai Rapuzzi & al Dhafer, 2024 |