Sophronica pseudintricata (original) (raw)

Sophronica pseudintricata Breuning, 1940
[= Sophronica flavomarmorata Breuning, 1954]
[= Sophronica pseudimproba Breuning, 1954]
[= Sophronica flavomaculata Breuning, 1974]

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: DESMIPHORINI

[Photo © Udo Schmidt]

Sophronica pseudintricata, an interesting East-African faunistic element extending in the north of its distribution range to the Arabian Peninsula, has been described from Boorama environs (Somaliland) by Stephen Breuning in 1940 [✧]. **Body length:**5 - 10 mm **Life cycle:**unknown **Adults in:**depends on region **Host plant:**unknown **Distribution:**Yemen, Africa (Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Kenya, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia, Uganda) Depicted mounted beetle (6.7 mm) was collected in Voi Lodge environs (700 m a.s.l., Taita Hills, Tsavo National Park, Kenya) on November 25, 1991. Collected by Udo Schmidt [▽] Breuning S.:Novae species Cerambycidarum VIII.Folia Zoologica et Hydrobiologica, Riga 10 (1): 37-85, 1940. [download ] Breuning S.:Nouvelles formes de Lamiaires, (septième partie).Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 30 (41): 1-24, 1954. Adlbauer K. & Beck R.:Katalog und Fotoatlasder Bockkäfer Äthiopiens (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).Taita Publishers, Czech Republic, 312pp, 2015.