| Polyarthron
pectinicorne (Fabricius, 1792) |
| PRIONINAE, PRIONINI |
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Size:
M-20-36 mm, F-25-44 mm.
Host plant: Phoenix dactylifera Life cycle: Larvae feed on roots. Adults in August-September. Distribution: Sahelo-saharan species known from Libya and Ennedi (north-eastern Chad) westwards to the Atlantic coasts (Mauritania and Senegal) and from the oasis of Bou Saada and Biskra (Algeria) soutwards to Senegal, northern Nigeria and Tchad. Fezzan:
Ghat 31/08-01/09/2003. Males were attracted by the city lights
and common. Only two females were found drowned in an small irrigation
pool. JCR 05/12/2003 |
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