| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| Max |
Posted - 15/01/2012 : 20:13:45
Unidentified Rhaphuma from S Vietnam, Lam Dong province
male, 13mm
Help, please, if it possible on photo. |
| 8 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| Xavier |
Posted - 14/10/2020 : 07:06:56
Yes it is. |
| Max |
Posted - 14/10/2020 : 00:32:29
Rhaphuma sontraica Viktora, 2020 - it is? |
| Francesco |
Posted - 22/01/2012 : 22:05:39
No, Max, it is my fault. I was unclear since I had not reviewed the descriptions but I quoted from my memory... sorry! 
I have got a R. diana in my collection; I will insert a picture in the next days... unfortunately, very far from your beautiful photo! |
| Max |
Posted - 22/01/2012 : 21:21:19
Sorry, Francesco, your right absolutely! But, that ridges is visible on the lateral side of the middle femurs!
It`s not like Derolus, but this does not take out of me responsibility for carelessness! Sorry. %) |
| Francesco |
Posted - 22/01/2012 : 19:50:57
mmmhm... the single central spot on the pronotum might derive from two parenthesis-shaped spots anteriorly fused together.
This is rather typical of the species of the group histrio (sub-genus Arcyphorus Chevrolat, 1863), in Indochina with diana and patkaina. Nonetheless, a ridge is always visible on the ventral side of the middle femurs. |
| Max |
Posted - 22/01/2012 : 19:07:46
All of the femurs without any ridges. |
| Francesco |
Posted - 22/01/2012 : 18:05:56
No, the elytra have analogue pattern, but the pronotum should have only two longitudinal bands.
Could you check if the femora are longitudinally ridged as Derolus-species? |
| Francesco |
Posted - 16/01/2012 : 20:26:15
A species very closely related to Rhaphuma pseudominuta Gressitt & Rondon, 1970 from Laos. I do not know if it may be considered as the same species.
In the next days I will insert a picture. |
