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| Bennyboymothman |
Posted - 18/10/2015 : 12:50:03
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Slighty larger than most of my Blepephaeus species, doesn't look quite right and just can't pin it down.
Any help appreciated.
Data: 04-2014 - Mt Bawang - West Kalimantan - Indonesia - 26mm
Thanks
Ben |
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| dryobius |
Posted - 18/10/2015 : 19:03:19
The Blepephaeus of the Philippines can be rather variable, so perhaps it is a trait of the genus. The B. sumatrensis I have seen from Sabah are not consistently patterned. Sometimes the apical white maculae extend almost all the way to the elytral suture. The whitish pubescence on the pronotum is sometimes more prominent or reduced. I can't say for sure, but your specimen is probably B. sumatrensis. Something morphological, such as differences in the relative size of the antennal segments, or other body parts would be preferred to call this a different taxa. We really know very little about Bornean species, even many species from Sabah are impossible to understand. |
| Bennyboymothman |
Posted - 18/10/2015 : 18:34:58
Hi there, I did consider this was the only similar species in the genus but it seems rather large and radically different in pattern.
Here is a specimen of Blepephaeus sumatrensis in my collection.
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| dryobius |
Posted - 18/10/2015 : 14:42:44
It is very similar to my specimens of Blepephaeus sumatrensis from Sabah except the body of your specimen is much darker, whereas my specimens are brown or reddish-brown. I think they are basically the same species. |
