Enaretta castelnaudii Thomson, 1864

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 : 21-22

Enaretta castelnaudii Thomson, 1864 – tribe Apomecynini

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ETYMOLOGY

Dedicated to Francis Louis Nompar de Caumont dit Laporte, Comte de Castelnau.

SIZE

Previous records: 8–12 mm; Kuzikus specimens (n=22): 11–11.5 mm.

PERIOD OF ADULT ACTIVITY

January to May and August; in Kuzikus, also in October.

MATERIAL EXAMINED

NAMIBIA • 2 ex.; Kuzikus Wildlife Reserve ; 23°14’17”S 18°23’29”E; 4–10 Apr. 2011; day time collecting; J. Constant leg.; I.G.: 31.840; RBINS • 1 ex.; same collection data as for preceding; 30 Mar.–3 Apr. 2011; light trap; RBINS • 1 ex.; 30 Mar.–11 Apr. 2011; RBINS • 1 ex.; same collection data as for preceding; 29 Mar.–13 Apr. 2011; night collecting; RBINS • 1 ex.; same collection data as for preceding; 29 Mar.–3 Apr. 2011; day collecting; RBINS • 1 ex.; same collection data as for preceding; MRAC • 1 ex.; same collection data as for preceding; 10-13 Apr. 2011; RBINS • 1 ex.; same collection data as for preceding; 12 Oct. 2010; light trap; “19h39-20h54, 26°C, 10 % humidity, wind: 0BF, moon 25 %”; J. Reinhard (Brink) leg.; I.G.: 31.767; RBINS • 1 ex.; same collection data as for preceding; 29 Mar. 2011; D. Schimrosczyk leg.; “Kuzikus Collection no 500 367”; MIZ • 1 ex.; same collection data as for preceding; 30 Mar. 2011; “Kuzikus Collection no 500 371”; MIZ • 1 ex.; same collection data as for preceding; 31 Mar. 2011; “Kuzikus Collection no 500 368”; MIZ • 1 ex.; same collection data as for preceding; 4 Apr. 2011; “Kuzikus Collection no 500 369”; MIZ • 1 ex.; same collection data as for preceding; 7 Apr. 2011; “Kuzikus Collection no 500 366”; MIZ • 1 ex.; same collection data as for preceding; 13 Apr. 2011; “Kuzikus Collection no 500 370”; MIZ • 1 ex.; same collection data as for preceding; 16 Apr. 2011; “Kuzikus Collection no 500 365”; MIZ • 2 ex.; same collection data as for preceding; 14 Jan. 2015; “Kuzikus Collection no 500 181, 182, respectively”; MIZ • 1 ex.; same collection data as for preceding; 17 Jan. 2015; “Kuzikus Collection no 500 850”; MIZ • 2 ex.; Kuzikus Lodge , 23°14’15”S 18°23’25”E; 12 Jan. 2015; D. Schimrosczyk leg.; “Kuzikus Collection no 659, 660, respectively”; KWRC • 1 ex.; same collection data as for preceding; 24 Jan. 2015; “Kuzikus Collection no 19”; KWRC • 1 ex.; Kuzikus Camp ; 23°13’45”S 18°24’04”E; Oct. 2012; D. Schimrosczyk leg.; “Kuzikus Collection no 2342”; KWRC .

DISTRIBUTION

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mali, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Transvaal, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

NOTES

From the 11 species composing the genus Enaretta Thomson, 1864 , E. castelnaudii represents one of the five species occurring in Namibia. Our various collecting data extends and completes the flight period of the species.

Figures

Fig. 8. A–E. Habitus, dorsal view. A, Crossotus plumicornis Audinet-Serville, 1835 female. © S. Hanot. B, Crossotus stypticus Pascoe, 1869 female. © J. Constant. C, Deroplia (Amblesthidus) lateralis (Aurivillius, 1908) female. © S. Hanot. D-E, Enaretta castelnaudii Thomson, 1864: D, male, freshly emerged specimen; E. female, scratched specimen. © S. Hanot.