Chromalizus (Chromalizus) afer (Linné, 1771)

Delahaye, Norbert, Coache, Alain, Gall, Philippe Le & Filippi, Gérard, 2023, Catalogue illustré des Cerambycidae de São Tomé Príncipe (Coleoptera), Faunitaxys 11 (7), pp. 1-54 : 24

23. – Chromalizus (Chromalizus) afer (Linné, 1771)

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Cerambyx afrum Linné, 1771: 532 ([Holotype] Africa UZIU) Cerambyx afer ; Fabricius, 1775: 166

Cerambycis afri ; Dalman, 1817: 150

Callichroma Afrum ; White, 1853: 155

Callichroma afrum ; Murray, 1870: 47

Callichroma afrum ab. obsoletum Jordan, 1894: 165

Chromalizus afer ; Schmidt, 1922: 100

Chromalizus (Chromalizus) afer ; Lepesme, 1950: 14 [Sâo-Thomé] Chromalizus (Chromalizus) afer v. cuprea Lepesme, 1950: 16 Callichroma assimile Hope, 1843: 367 ([Holotype] Circa Sierram Leonam BMNH)

Callichroma obscuricorne Chevrolat, 1858: 52 ([Holotype] vieux Calabar BMNH)

Callichroma concentricale Jordan, 1894: 166 ([Syntypes] Kuilu & Loanda MNHN)

Callichroma ituricum Kolbe, 1894: 57 ([Holotype] An der Ituri-Fähre, westlich vom Albert-See ZMHB)

Taille. – 16 -25 mm

Chorologie. –Angola, Bénin, Cameroun, RCA, RCI, RDC, RPC, Gabon, Ghana, Guinée, Guinée Bissau, Guinée Equatoriale, Liberia, Nigeria, São Tomé (Lepesme, 1950: 14), Sénégal, Sierra Leone, Soudan, Togo.

Plantes hôtes. – Dacryodes edulis (G. Don) H. J. Lam ( Burseraceae ), Dialiumpachyphyllum Harms, Erythrophleum guineense G. Don , Oxystigma oxyphyllum (Harms) J. Léonard , Scorodophloeus zenkeri Harms ( Caesalpiniaceae ), Allanblackia floribunda Oliver ( Celastraceae ), Diospyros abyssinica (Hiern) F. White , Diospyros ubanghensis A. Chevalier ( Ebenaceae ), Erythrina abyssinica Lamarck , Pterocarpus soyauxii Taubert ( Fabaceae ), Tetrapleura tetraptera Taubert ( Mimosaceae ), Guarea laurentii De Wildeman ( Meliaceae ), Myrianthus arboreus Palisot de Beauvois , Treculia africana Decaisne ex Trécul ( Moraceae ), Staudtia stipitata Warburg ( Myristicaceae ), Strombosia glaucescens Engler ( Olacaceae ), Barteria fistulosa Masters , Barteria nigritana Hooker fils ( Passifloraceae ), Pancovia sp. ( Sapindaceae ), Autranella congolensis A. Chevalier , Manilkara obovata (Sabine & G.Don) J. H. Hemsley , Manilkara pellegriniana Tisserant & Sillans , Synsepalum cerasiferum (Welwitsch) T. D. Pennington ( Sapotaceae ).