Crossotus plumicornis Audinet-Serville, 1835

Crossotus plumicornis Audinet-Serville, 1835 View in CoL – tribe Ceroplesini

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ETYMOLOGY

Latin: with feathered horns.

SIZE

Previous records: 11–19.5 mm; Kuzikus specimens (n=3): 14 mm.

PERIOD OF ADULT ACTIVITY

January to November.

MATERIAL EXAMINED

NAMIBIA • 1 ex.; Kuzikus Wildlife Reserve ; 23°14’17”S 18°23’29”E; 30 Mar.–11 Apr. 2011; light trap; J. Constant leg.; I.G.: 31.840; RBINS GoogleMaps • 1 ex.; same collection data as for preceding; 4–10 Apr. 2011; day collecting; RBINS GoogleMaps • 1 ex. Kuzikus Camp ; 23°13’45”S 18°24’04”E; 4 Apr. 2011; light trap; D. Schimrosczyk leg.; “Kuzikus Collection no 427”; KWRC GoogleMaps .

DISTRIBUTION

Botswana, Burkina Faso, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Republic of Congo, Republic of South Africa, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

NOTE

From the 34 species composing the genus Crossotus Audinet-Serville, 1835 , C. plumicornis represents one of the four species (with C. stypticus , see below) occurring in Namibia.