Eunidia nebulosa, a widespread African faunistic element extending in the north of its distribution range to the Arabian Peninsula, has been described from Angola by Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson in 1843 [✩]. Larval development unknown, adults are probably nocturnal and can be attracted by light [❖].

Body length:	5 - 9 mm
Life cycle:	1 year [?]
Adults in:	March - September (depends on region)
Host plant:	unknown
Distribution:	Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Africa: Angola, Senegal, Niger, Cameroon, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Ivory Coast, Mozambique, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, South Africa

The depicted mounted specimen was collected in Kilaguni Lodge environs (800 m a.s.l., Tsavo National Park West, Kenya) on November 29, 1991.

Collected by our friend Udo Schmidt

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[✩]
Erichson W.F.:
Beitrag zur Insecten-Fauna von Angola, in besonderer Beziehung zur geographischen Verbreitung der Insecten in Afrika.
Archiv für Naturgeschichte 9: 199-267, 1843. [download ]

[✮]
Adlbauer K.:
Zur Cerambycidenfauna Äthiopiens II - Lamiinae (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Linzer biologische Beiträge 32 (2): 963-998, 2000. [download ]

[❖]
Ambrus R. and Grosser W.:
Contribution to the knowledge of longhorn beetles from Dhofar region in sultanate of Oman (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).
Humanity space International Almanac 1 (2): 448-457, 2012. [download ]