Paramecyna x-signata Aurivillius, 1910

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 : 26

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16957844

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E7D42A2C-A4BF-4B19-A541-76882830E0AC

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B22E8783-953D-4777-FE17-FDDDFD3BA6BC

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Paramecyna x-signata Aurivillius, 1910
status

 

Paramecyna x-signata Aurivillius, 1910 View in CoL – tribe Apomecynini

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ETYMOLOGY

Latin: with a “X” shaped sign.

SIZE

Previous records: 5–9 mm; Kuzikus specimen (n=1): 6.5 mm.

PERIOD OF ADULT ACTIVITY

March to April, and from August to November.

MATERIAL EXAMINED

NAMIBIA • 1 ex.; Kuzikus Wildlife Reserve ; 23°14’17”S 18°23’29”E; 30 Mar.–3 Apr. 2011; light trap; J. Constant leg.; I.G.: 31.840; RBINS GoogleMaps .

DISTRIBUTION

Angola, Kenya, Namibia, Republic of South Africa and Tanzania.

NOTES

From the five species composing the genus Paramecyna Aurivillius, 1908 , only P. x-signata is reported from Namibia. This specimen has been listed by ADLBAUER (2013) when reporting this species for the first time for the country.

RBINS

Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Cerambycidae

Genus

Paramecyna

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