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| Les |
Posted - 09/05/2014 : 03:23:42
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Eurybatus decempunctatus
This was taken on Doi Suthep-Pui, Chiang Mai Province, N. Thailand on 22 April 2014, c. 1200m.
I think I have the right id, but would appreciate confirmation.
Thanks. |
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| Francesco |
Posted - 30/03/2021 : 20:22:04
Coming back to this species, considering the antennal length and the thick legs, this specimen is more probably E. pachycornis. |
| Les |
Posted - 20/05/2014 : 01:08:09
Thank you. |
| Francesco |
Posted - 19/05/2014 : 13:28:55
The different names reflect different opinions.
Eurybatus differs from Rosalia in several characters:
- Both males and females do not have tuft of hairs but spines on the antennae.
- Males do not have a tooth at the outer angles of the mandibles.
- Male have 6 (rather than 5) abdominal segments.
- The body is covered with a yellow-orange-red pubescence in Eurybatus and a white-grey-greenish-bluish in Rosalia.
These characters may be considered as generic or subgeneric.
However, the species do not form a continuum (= intermediate forms do not exist); hence, the existence of two genera is better supported.
P.s. Wonderful picture and beetle. I'd like to find it! |
| Les |
Posted - 19/05/2014 : 09:48:27
I've now found the species in the photogallery, but it is under the genus Eurybatus. Which is correct (the name I gave was from a 2002 book)?
I notice that the species name is also slightly altered to show the male genus (Eurybatus) as opposed to the female genus (Rosalia). |
