Xystrocera dispar Fåhraeus, 1872

Drumont, Alain, Adlbauer, Karl, Tavakilian, Gérard, Schimrosczyk, David, Reinhard, Johanna E. & Constant, Jérôme, 2024, Illustrated and commented checklist of the longhorn beetles of Kuzikus Wildlife Reserve in the Kalahari, Namibia (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), Belgian Journal of Entomology 151, pp. 1-35 : 12

Xystrocera dispar Fåhraeus, 1872 – tribe Xystrocerini

Fig. 5 D

ETYMOLOGY

Latin: dissimilar.

SIZE

Previous records: 15–30 mm; Kuzikus specimen (n=1): 26.5 mm.

PERIOD OF ADULT ACTIVITY

From March to August, and from October to December; in Kuzikus: January–February.

MATERIAL EXAMINED

NAMIBIA • 1 ♀; Kuzikus Lodge ; 23°14’15”S 18°23’25”E; 22 Jan.–13 Feb. 2019; attracted to light; D. Schimrosczyk leg.; “Kuzikus Collection no 541”; KWRC .

DISTRIBUTION

Widespread species reported from about 24 countries in the African continent and from Saudi Arabia.

NOTE

From the 64 species composing the genus Xystrocera Audinet-Serville, 1834 , only three, X. dispar , X. laeta Péringuey, 1892 and X. nigrita Audinet-Serville, 1834 , are recorded from Namibia.

Figures

Fig. 5. A–F. Habitus, dorsal view. A, Ossibia fuscata (Chevrolat, 1856) female. © D. Schimrosczyk. B, Ossibia murina (Gerstaecker, 1855) female. © D. Schimrosczyk. C, Phyllocnema (Mecometacnema) mirifica triangularis Aurivillius, 1887 female. © J. Constant. D, Xystrocera dispar Fåhraeus, 1872 female. © D. Schimrosczyk. E-F, Zoodes liturifer (Walker, 1871) E, male; F, female. © J. Constant.