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| Zhu |
Posted - 27/03/2020 : 04:04:17
 
Dear friends: How are you. Hope you are all fine and healthy against the virus. My heart be with you. If someone need masks and so on I can send you by express.
Here may I ask you to help identify this from timbers of Papua New Guinea. Pleas note there are long spine on the front coxa.
Thank you very much |
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| Francesco |
Posted - 05/04/2020 : 10:56:41
Zhu, you do have the access to the section of type for a while.
Coming back to the topic, Ischioplites differs from Prosoplus in antennomere 4 longer than 3 (as long as or a bit longer than in Prosoplus) and for the presence of a basal bump on elytra (present is Escharodes as well).
Moreover, Ischioplites metutus shows a longely spined elytral apex, which is however simply acute in Ischioplites yorkensis Breuning.
Ischioplites, xxx, Escharodes
Certainly, your species is not Ischioplites metutus.
Considering the differences, Escharodes and Ischioplites are probably synonyms. |
| Xaurus |
Posted - 31/03/2020 : 23:45:05
Sorry, I have written the wrong name in the type section, it's: Escharodes interruptus Pascoe, 1864 (Xavier, please change your comments acc.)
Zhu: you haven't access to the type section ? |
| Zhu |
Posted - 31/03/2020 : 03:02:13
Dear Dr. Xaurus, unluckily many specimens from timbers of old world are not showed digitally on internet. And I have no access to type specimens. |
| Xaurus |
Posted - 31/03/2020 : 01:05:59
P. interruptus ? --> see type section, and make your own decision |
| Zhu |
Posted - 30/03/2020 : 04:59:33
anyway , I name it Prosoplus interruptus temp. |
| Zhu |
Posted - 30/03/2020 : 04:28:33
because the out line of the fore tibia is curved
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| Zhu |
Posted - 30/03/2020 : 04:23:21
How about Axiothea strenua
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| Zhu |
Posted - 30/03/2020 : 04:13:00
And the spines not as long as the femora, but only half. |
| Zhu |
Posted - 30/03/2020 : 03:45:37
Dear Dr. Xaurus : But my spm does not have spine on the outer angle of the end of the elytra. The two imgs are two specimens seem to be male and female. Both of them have a round elytral tip.
it is confusing indeed. |
| Xaurus |
Posted - 29/03/2020 : 00:56:44
for me Ischioplites metutus (Pascoe, 1859) too, the tomentation of Zhu's spm is not in good condition |
| Gontran |
Posted - 27/03/2020 : 15:20:37
Yes. It's just to compare those extended hornlike coaxae. And thanks to Francesco for Longicornia malayana. |
| Zhu |
Posted - 27/03/2020 : 14:50:36
Dear Gontran: This seem to be Rhytiphora metutus. It was showed in the book of Australian cerambycidae Vol. 1 Laminiinae. |
| Gontran |
Posted - 27/03/2020 : 14:40:14
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Just for comparison, from PNG, Morobe Prov., Bulolo (it's not a very precise data anyway). Was received identified as Ischhioplites metutus (Pascoe, 1859).
I keep this name but I always have some doubts for these genera. |
| Zhu |
Posted - 27/03/2020 : 13:43:32
Thanks so much. It is great to here from you. Hopefully you are all well self isolated. I check the old world cerambycidae catalog website and those images even confused me. I will study the Pascoe's paper and see how to name it. May God bless you. And may I copy some words here, isolation, neutrition, excise, and good motion. These will help. Best wishes. |
| Xavier |
Posted - 27/03/2020 : 13:27:57
quote:
Originally posted by dryobius
Not Xiphotheata, consider Francisco's suggestion/
Yes, probably not. It was just an idea. |
