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| Bennyboymothman |
Posted - 21/03/2015 : 10:51:27
 
Hello all.
I have never seen anything quite like this before.
Could it be something new?
Data: 07-2014 - Brookes Point - Palawan Island 400-700m - Philippines
Size: 22 mm
Thanks very much.
Ben |
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| Bennyboymothman |
Posted - 28/03/2015 : 19:51:46
Thank you, very lucky to have obtained it!
It is a shame that it is missing the tip of one of it's antennae and a claw. |
| Xavier |
Posted - 28/03/2015 : 17:08:20
Very nice species  |
| Bennyboymothman |
Posted - 28/03/2015 : 16:43:51
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A better picture showing Recto and Verso to complete the topic.
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| Bennyboymothman |
Posted - 24/03/2015 : 22:27:25
Thermonotus coeruleipennis it is then.
Thank you so much for everyone's input. |
| jplami |
Posted - 24/03/2015 : 21:54:22
Thermonotus coeruleipennis Aurivillius, 1911, stat. rev.
in Holzschuh, Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischer Entomologen, 2014, 66 : 83 (removed from synonymy with T. nigripennis Ritsema, 1896) |
| Xavier |
Posted - 24/03/2015 : 21:38:48
So, for its name, Thermonotus nigripennis Ritsema, 1896 or Thermonotus nigripennis coeruleipennis Aurivilius, 1911 |
| Bennyboymothman |
Posted - 24/03/2015 : 21:24:59
Superb!
Thanks for the translation also.
It fits the description. |
| Xavier |
Posted - 24/03/2015 : 20:13:55
Translation:
Thermonotus nigripennis Rits.
Close to apicalis Rits., but black elytra, with bluish colour; part of scutellum reddish brown, red femora except at the apex.
ab. coeruleipennis Auriv.: light blue elytra
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| Bennyboymothman |
Posted - 24/03/2015 : 08:39:18
Brilliant, thanks for digging around for me.
Do you have that particular paper? I will look for it in the files section.
Regards
Ben |
| Xaurus |
Posted - 24/03/2015 : 00:49:13
The genus Thermonotus is revised in Breuning's large Lamiini-Revision from 1943.
I have found a sps that could resemble to yours: T. coeruleipennis Aurivillius, 1911 (1913) described from Borneo, and stated as ab. in Breuning (1943). |
| Bennyboymothman |
Posted - 22/03/2015 : 10:57:09
I am not sure to be honest! I wondered if there was a paper with a revision of this family, although it seems not to be the case. |
| Xavier |
Posted - 22/03/2015 : 09:37:37
Which paper are you looking for ? |
| Bennyboymothman |
Posted - 21/03/2015 : 18:47:56
Thanks guys.
I have looked at images of all the species I can find and none resemble this one, they also seem to be from the Borneo/Malaysia area.
Is there a paper for this particular family available? |
| Xaurus |
Posted - 21/03/2015 : 18:06:53
It's a Thermonotus Gahan, 1888 acc the big pronotal spines, but the sp itself and the location are really interesting. |
| Gerard |
Posted - 21/03/2015 : 17:37:47
Hello Ben
I think that it is of the genus Thermonotus, to verify. 
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