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loongfah Posted - 27/01/2017 : 08:02:06
I wonder if this is a Ropica vinacea:


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Pascoe's description: Reddish-brown, with an exceedingly delicate pubescence ; head brownish, with the pubescence longer and of a greyish colour in front ; prothorax short, scarcely broader than the head, finely punctured, the sides darker ; scutellum subtriangular, rounded behind ; elytra reddish in the centre, the sides dark brown, a few indistinct whitish spots posteriorly (entirely absent in one specimen); body beneath and legs reddish-brown, the pubescence very fine and scanty ; antennae paler, with a short greyish pile.
Length 2.5 lines.
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Xavier Posted - 27/01/2017 : 09:10:24
It is not Ropica vinacea Pascoe, 1865 which is really reddish; syntype here.
Your species seems closer to Ropica fouqueti Pic, 1938 : bad picture of holotype here
But I have not seen numerous holotypes of Ropica species...

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