genus: PHONOTAENIA Kraatz 1880
wild imago size: small genera 10-17mm, usually around 15mm
sexual dimorphism: males with abdominal groove
note: Group of beetles with similiar breeding habits - to keep the larvae is relatively easy for all species, but I wasn´t so far successful to make captive bred
adults lay eggs, further reproduction. Adults are long-lived beetles - live not seldom more than 1 year. In their wild habitat larvae were often found under the bark of Acacia trees, probably
they feed on bast.
species: scalaris (Gory et Percheron,1833)
origin: Uganda, Kibale Forrest, XI/2006
origin2: Sierra Leone, Tiwai Island, V/2013
Phonotaenia scalaris (Uganda)
Phonotaenia scalaris latefasciata (Sierra Leone)
species: balteata (DeGeer)
origin: Zambia, near Kabwe, II/2005
origin2: Tanzania, near Lindi, I/2011
origin3: South Africa, Eastern Cape I/2015; I/2017
> Phonotaenia balteata (Zambia) >> P. balteata (in wild habitat on Acacia sp.,Tanzania) >>> P.balteata + Gametoides subfasciata freshly hatched (South Africa)
