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Ontochariesthes erongoensis Adlbauer, 1996 | |
Ontochariesthes erongoensis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Adlbauer in 1996. It is known from Namibia. [1]
Mount Erongo is a mountain of 2,350 metres northeast of Swakopmund in Erongo Region, Namibia. Like the Brandberg Mountain it is a granitic intrusion. It is the only place on Earth that Versicorpus erongoensis, a dung beetle species, occurs.
Versicorpus is a genus of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea. Versicorpus is endemic to Namibia and is only found at the Mount Erongo. This is a monotypic genus with only one species, Versicorpus erongoensis.
Tragocephalini is a tribe of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae. It was described by James Thomson in 1857.
Ontochariesthes is a genus of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae, containing the following species:
Ontochariesthes namibianus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Adlbauer in 1996. It is known from Namibia.