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Vitali
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Estonia
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Posted - 11/06/2012 :  23:18:37  Show Profile  Email Poster  Reply with Quote



Something happened with focusing in my camera. I hope this photo is sufficient to identify the species.

Collected in Tanzania, size is 21-22 mm.
Resembles Stromatium barbatum, but according to the Cerambycoidea gallery it is not present in Tanzania.
Another introduction?

Francesco
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Posted - 12/06/2012 :  08:24:06  Show Profile  Email Poster  Visit Francesco's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Surely!
This species is recorded from Tanzania and Somalia, but my gallery is not updated yet. Moreover, it has been introduced in several West-African (though non-continental) regions: Réunion, Mauritius, Madagascar.

This introduction from South-eastern Asia is a well-known fact for other cerambycids too: Batocera rufomaculata, Olenecamptus bilobus, Xylotrechus smei, etc.
In all cases, it about specimens coming from Tropical India (and not from Tibet as some amateur entomologists insistently and few seriously keep claiming...)
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