Iranobrium davatchii, a species occuring in Iran and Arabian Peninsula, has been described from Minab (Iran) by André Villiers in 1967 [❖].
Body length: | 3.5 - 7 mm |
Life cycle: | 1 - 2 years |
Adults in: | probably whole year (collected from March to December) |
Host plant: | polyphagous species (Mangifera indica, Ziziphus, Acacia) |
Distribution: | Iran, Yemen, United Arab Emirates, Qatar [✧] |
The depicted male beetle was attracted to light in Bengeri-Langer environs (Hormozgan province, South Iran) on December 14-15, 2012.
Collected by O.Legezin
[❖]
Villiers A.:
Contribution à la faune de l'Iran. I. - Coléoptères Cerambycidae.
Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 3 (2): 327-379, 1967.
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[✧]
Sama G.:
Preliminary report on the Cerambycidae of the United Arab Emirates, with the description of a new species belonging to a new subgenus
(Insecta Coleoptera Cerambycidae).
Quaderno di Studi e Notizie di Storia Naturale della Romagna 23: 173-178, 2006.
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