Acartus hirtus 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 : 14-15

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16957844
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scientific name	Acartus hirtus Fåhraeus, 1872
status

Treatment

Acartus hirtus Fåhraeus, 1872 View in CoL – tribe Acanthocinini

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ETYMOLOGY

Latin: bristly.

SIZE

Previous records: 5–6.5 mm; Kuzikus specimen (n=1): 5 mm.

PERIOD OF ADULT ACTIVITY

November–December; in Kuzikus: April.

MATERIAL EXAMINED.

NAMIBIA • 1 ex.; Kuzikus Wildlife Reserve ; 23°14’17”S 18°23’29”E; 2 Apr. 2011; D. Schimrosczyk leg.; “Kuzikus Collection no 500 358”; KWRC GoogleMaps .

DISTRIBUTION

Botswana, Namibia, Republic of South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

NOTE

From the 9 species composing the genus Acartus Fåhraeus, 1872 , only A. hirtus is reported from Namibia. Our collecting data in the month of April extends and completes the flight period of the species.