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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 anders[/i] [br]The genus [i]Paratragon [/i]was created by Teocchi & Sudre, 2002. If you look for this genus in Titan database you are led to the tribe Petrognathini where the only listed species is [i]P. jadoti [/i]Teocchi & Sudre, 2002. But below under type species for the genus Paratragon is given [i]Poimenesperus [/i][i]tragonoides [/i]Lepesme, 1953 (= [i]Phryneta lugens[/i] White, 1858). However, if you search for [i]Poimenesperus tragonoides[/i] you are led to the Tragocephalini where you are told this is a synonym of [i]Paratragon lugens[/i] (White, 1858). So the genus [i]Paratragon [/i]has two species: one in the Petrognathini and one in the Tragocephalini. Sounds like an unsatisfactory solution to me. But there might be a reason which I just don't see? Happy if somebody can enlighten me.[i][/i][i][/i] [/quote]    Insert an Image File Check here to include your profile signature.