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loongfah |
Posted - 01/04/2013 : 11:11:17 ![](/public/imgforum/loongfah/201341111012_RBR2008 28 Other small.jpg) 394.5 KB
Not sure what this is? |
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dryobius |
Posted - 01/04/2013 : 23:02:43 sorry, I forgot to add it. yes, it is the holotype from the BMNH |
Robert |
Posted - 01/04/2013 : 21:49:41 Dan, if I go by your picture's name, the specimen you posted is Daxata ustulata, type, from BMNH. It is clearer to have the name associated. ![](images/icon_smile.gif) |
dryobius |
Posted - 01/04/2013 : 21:33:22 Pascoe's illustrations are not reliable. Breuning's keys are not reliable.
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loongfah |
Posted - 01/04/2013 : 17:13:56 Attached is the illustration by Pascoe of Daxata ustulata
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Other than the color difference which could be due to the freshness of the pubescence, there are few points of structural difference. According to the description and the illustration: 1) at the base of elytra, there are a few shining granules and two elevated lines, the innermost simulating a crest; (the elevated lines are lacking in my specimen) 2) behind the shoulder the elytron is slightly bowed and marked with a dark-brown longitudinal patch; this bowed feature is less distinct in my specimen.
There is another Daxata (Taxada) sumatrensis Breuning,1961, and a Daxata confusa Pascoe,1869. I have Pascoe's description of D. confusa. It doesn't seem to be the one either. |
Beckey |
Posted - 01/04/2013 : 13:35:01 It might be Daxata ustulata Pascoe, 1866, but I'm not sure. |
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