| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| Larry Bezark |
Posted - 05/11/2013 : 01:50:41
 
Mogadishu, Somalia
18 mm for this beauty!
Larry B. |
| 4 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| Littlebeetle23 |
Posted - 07/11/2013 : 14:17:26
After some research, the locus typicus of this species isn't in Somalia but in Southern Ethiopia, few kilometers east of Mt Erer, just near the Kenyan border. |
| Francesco |
Posted - 07/11/2013 : 11:53:36
Thank you very much!  |
| Littlebeetle23 |
Posted - 07/11/2013 : 08:06:49
You could find this book there: http://www.archive.org/download/throughunknowna00smit/throughunknowna00smit.pdf
This specimen match to the description with some differences cause the description is made only on a female. |
| Francesco |
Posted - 05/11/2013 : 09:44:52
It might be Purpuricenus bipartitus (Jordan, 1897), the only Trachyderini from Somalia, but I have neither seen this species nor read its description... however, very difficult to find (both  ).
The description was published here:
Jordan in Smith A. D., 1897 - Through unknown African countries. The first expedition from Somaliland to Lake Lamu. Coleoptera - Edward Arnold, University Press, Cambridge U.S.A. (Appendix): 447-454.
If you manage to find it... |
