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''Zographus oculator'', the Orange-eyed Long-horn Beetle, is a species of flat-faced longhorn beetles belonging to the family Cerambycidae.


Description

''Zographus oculator'' can reach a body length of . The basic colour is black, with a transverse median band and large yellow orange-centred pair of eye-like spots (hence the Latin name ''oculator'', from the Latin word ''oculus'', meaning eye) located at the base, towards the tips and at the sides of elytra. These beetles show narrow yellow lines across the head and the thorax, two large rounded tubercles at the sides of the thorax and tiny wrinkles on the elytra.


Distribution

This species can be found in Namibia and South Africa.


References


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