| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| Pierre |
Posted - 29/05/2011 : 09:05:54
Collected in Mexico / Veracruz.
22/20/19mm |
| 5 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| Francesco |
Posted - 29/05/2011 : 20:21:53
No, it is a very rough photo (probably deriving from a slide) but the species is the same. |
| Pierre |
Posted - 29/05/2011 : 19:45:13
But does this mean that the photo on Berzak's site (here) is showing an other species? It really looks different ... |
| Francesco |
Posted - 29/05/2011 : 18:43:07
Well: there are only two possibilities: T. politus Bates or T. elegans Dupont.
T. politus has antennae black with the last antennomeres yellow, T. elegans has antennae ringed (typical form) or completely black-brown (other subspecies).
Therefore, Trachyderes elegans elegans Dupont, 1836. |
| Pierre |
Posted - 29/05/2011 : 18:28:38
Second case: all have this small tubercle. |
| Francesco |
Posted - 29/05/2011 : 18:17:14
Here it is necessary to know if the mesosternum is vertically truncated anteriorly (1) or it is armed with a pointed tubercle (2). |
