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White 1855 Eburophora octoguttata Collage of original description for the genus Eburophora and the species Eburophora octoguttata by White (1855)<br /> Uploaded to contrast the &quot;standard&quot; pattern of markings with the specimen uploaded by Leuba Ridgway here:<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/53848/spotted_longicorn_eburophora_octoguttata_-male.html" title="Spotted Longicorn (Eburophora octoguttata) -male"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2767/53848_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=g%2Bywwj7HCz8fa%2Fob%2BILsE2GxGfI%3D" width="200" height="148" alt="Spotted Longicorn (Eburophora octoguttata) -male An attractive dark brown longicorn with medium-length black antennae and thick femurs. Elytra had small pale yellow spots. The beetle would have been about 18 to 20 mm long.<br /> Spotted on black wattle (Acacia mearnsii) - in a national park.<br /> My thanks to WildFlower and Martin Lagerway for their help with the ID.<br /> Note that this particular specimen is a somewhat aberrant colour form with extra spots as compared to the usual &quot;factory issue&quot; Eburophora octoguttata. <br /> Australia,Cerambycidae,Cerambycinae,Coleoptera,Deilini,Eburophora,Eburophora octoguttata,Geotagged,Spring" /></a></figure> Cerambycidae,Cerambycinae,Coleoptera,Deilini,Eburophora,Eburophora octoguttata Click/tap to enlarge

White 1855 Eburophora octoguttata

Collage of original description for the genus Eburophora and the species Eburophora octoguttata by White (1855)
Uploaded to contrast the "standard" pattern of markings with the specimen uploaded by Leuba Ridgway here:

Spotted Longicorn (Eburophora octoguttata) -male An attractive dark brown longicorn with medium-length black antennae and thick femurs. Elytra had small pale yellow spots. The beetle would have been about 18 to 20 mm long.<br /> Spotted on black wattle (Acacia mearnsii) - in a national park.<br /> My thanks to WildFlower and Martin Lagerway for their help with the ID.<br /> Note that this particular specimen is a somewhat aberrant colour form with extra spots as compared to the usual "factory issue" Eburophora octoguttata. <br /> Australia,Cerambycidae,Cerambycinae,Coleoptera,Deilini,Eburophora,Eburophora octoguttata,Geotagged,Spring

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    Ferdy Christant
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    Good idea to add this, thank you. Posted 7 years ago
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      Pudding4brains
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      Glad you agree. Not a "pretty image" but it does the job for documenting the species in some more detail, me thinks :o)
      Cheers, Arp       Posted 7 years ago

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The Eburophora octoguttata

Eburophora octoguttata White, 1855 is a medium sized Longhorn Beetle (Cerambycidae) endemic to south-eastern Australia. It has been reared from various species of Acacia (A. decurrens, A. irrorata and A. melanoxylon).

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