Idactus maculicornis, an interesting African faunistic element extending in the north of its distribution range to the Arabian Peninsula, has been described from Mombasa environs (Kenya) by Charles Joseph Gahan in 1890 [✧].

Body length:	9 - 20 mm
Life cycle:	1 year [?]
Adults in:	depends on region
Host plant:	polyphagous in broadleaf trees and shrubs
Distribution:	Yemen, Africa (Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania)

Depicted mounted beetle (13.7 mm) was collected in Kilaguni Lodge environs (800 m a.s.l., Tsavo National Park West, Kenya) on November 29, 1991.

Collected by Udo Schmidt

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[✧]
Gahan Ch.J.:
On New Longicornia from Africa and Madagascar.
The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (4 ser.) 1890: 297-328, 1890. [download ]