Docohammus bennigseni

Docohammus bennigseni is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1908. It is known from Tanzania, Ethiopia, Namibia, Kenya, and Somalia. It feeds on Acalypha neptunica.^[1]

Docohammus bennigseni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Family:	Cerambycidae
Genus:	Docohammus
Species:	D. bennigseni
Binomial name
Docohammus bennigseni Aurivillius, 1908
Synonyms
Brachyhammus elongatus Breuning, 1986

Subspecies

• Docohammus bennigseni aethiopicus Teocchi, Jiroux & Sudre, 2004
• Docohammus bennigseni bennigseni Aurivillius, 1908
• Docohammus bennigseni franzae Dillon & Dillon, 1959
• Docohammus benningseni somalicus Teocchi, 1991