Appearance
Like its only congener (Eburophora eburata - also a south-eastern Australian endemic) it is a slender, narrowly elongate reddish brown beetle with sharp, darkened apices of the elytra and some ivory markings. Antennae are shorter than the body and do not sport spines.The usual form of E. octoguttata has four oval ivory markings on each of the elytra (hence the name), but some specimen seem to carry extra spots.
Naming
The genus Eburophora was erected by White in 1855 for his new species Eburophora octoguttata and at the time was the only species in the genus (monotypy). Later, in 1874, the species Sophron eburatus Pascoe, 1865 was transferred to the genus Eburophora too.Distribution
Eburophora spp. have been recorded from South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory.Status
Both species of Eburophora are relatively rare.References:
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White, A. (1855) Catalogue of Coleopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part VIII. Longicornia II. London : British Museum.http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20061841
pictured as Plate VIII fig.7 :
http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20061928
Slipinski, Adam; Escalona, Hermes E. (2016) Australian Longhorn Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Volume 2: Subfamily Cerambycinae, CSIRO Publishing.
http://www.publish.csiro.au/book/7426
Australian Cerambycidae website:
http://www.ento.csiro.au/biology/cerambycidae/cerambycidae.html
Old World Cerambycidae Catalog:
https://apps2.cdfa.ca.gov/publicApps/plant/bycidDB/wdetails.asp?id=20169&w=o
