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| Vitali |
Posted - 10/02/2011 : 21:36:41
This beetle looks much more like Crossotus erlangeri.
What do you think, Francesco?
Also Tanzania. |
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| Vitali |
Posted - 13/02/2011 : 18:17:59
Thank you Francesco.
Could you please list other (sibling) species of this group here? |
| Francesco |
Posted - 12/02/2011 : 18:38:04
I have got all descriptions of Hintz's species (in Latin!) and Breuning's keys. It a group of sibling species, very alike among them.
Nonetheless, according to Hintz's description, erlangeri has "scutello griseo in medio brunneo" and elytral "fasciculi fusco-pilosi" [= dark] and the species seems to be fairly obscure. All these characters correspond to the specimen of Lamiaires, which also has a bicolour antennomere IV.
Hence I think that your specimen is Crossotus argenteus Hintz, 1912, which has "antennis griseis", "scutello cervino" [= light brown], and elytral "fasciculis ... brunneo-pilosis" [= brown]. |
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