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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Francesco[/i] [br][img]/public/imgforum/Francesco/20136812326_prionusbatelkai.JPG[/img][br][size=1] 221.97 KB[/size=1] Crete, Chania, Falasarna, 21.V.2013, at light 2 males, both measuring 23 mm The Cretan [i]Prionus[/i]-species was described as [i]Prionus batelkai[/i] Sláma, 1996. Later, this species has been synonymised with [i][b]Prionus (Mesoprionus) besikanus[/b][/i] Fairmaire, 1855, a widespread species. Some European authors consider [i]Mesoprionus[/i] Jakovlev, 1887 as a true genus, but I do not see the reason, considering the fact that [url="http://plant.cdfa.ca.gov/byciddb/thumb.asp?g=Prionus"]all American [i]Prionus[/i][/url] are still divided in subgenera... and they are much more different from [i]P. coriarius[/i]! [/quote]    Insert an Image File Check here to include your profile signature.