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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Francesco[/i] [br]This one is [i]Pelossus apicalis[/i] (Fĺhraeus, 1872), probably junger synonym of [i]Pelossus marleyi[/i] (Gilmour, 1954), both from Natal. Martins (1980), who revised this genus, was uncertain concerning its validity. The tribe is [b]Xystrocerini[/b], according to me, [b]Methiini[/b] according to Martins (though the elytra are evidently long!) [b]Lygriini[/b], according to Sama, since "[blue]it shows a peculiar type of metendosternite (not-Hylecoetoid metendosternite [i]sensu [/i]Crowson, 1967), analogous to that of [i]Nathrius[/i] Brčthes, 1916 and [i]Gracilia [/i]Serville, 1834, very different from the Hylecoetoid metendosternite of the family Cerambycidae[/blue]") Maybe he wanted to transfer [i]Lygrus[/i], [i]Nathrius[/i] and [i]Gracilia[/i] out of Cerambycidae but he was afraid to exaggerate... [/quote]    Insert an Image File Check here to include your profile signature.