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Zhu
Member Demonax
China
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 Posted - 01/02/2013 : 02:41:12
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Zhu Hongbin
Nanjing, China PR
Plant quarantine lab
Nanjing Customs APFIC |
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Francesco
Forum Admin
Luxembourg
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Posted - 01/02/2013 : 06:04:51
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Nice to meet you Zhu!
They belong to Demonax. I look for the species. |
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Zhu
Member Demonax
China
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Posted - 01/02/2013 : 15:07:08
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Thanks. I am greatly moved that you replied so early in the morning.
It seems the species doesn't match any in Gressitt's article about New Guinea's longicorns.
It only have three bands instead the key about Demonax described species with 4bands. And above in fact my colleague Qian Lu posted. |
Zhu Hongbin
Nanjing, China PR
Plant quarantine lab
Nanjing Customs APFIC |
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Francesco
Forum Admin
Luxembourg
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Posted - 01/02/2013 : 15:15:41
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Indeed. I noticed this fact, but I have to check the catalog by Bigger & Schoefield (1983) in order to restrict the research field.
Unfortunately, it is about a very large genus...
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Francesco
Forum Admin
Luxembourg
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Posted - 01/02/2013 : 15:35:16
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It seems to be close to Demonax chrysoderes (White, 1855) from Australia.
Here White's original description (p. 285).
This specimen is evidently wrongly identified as chrysoderes. Actually, it is a Chlorophorus. 
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Zhu
Member Demonax
China
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Posted - 04/02/2013 : 02:56:03
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| Thanks a lot. It is very close. Elytra acuated outsides, the three bands more or less attenuated laterally, but the apical two touch the lateral margin. The breast not spotted but all white, and the abdomen first segment all white too. Maybe it is a subspecies. However the D. chrysoderes is not available. |
Zhu Hongbin
Nanjing, China PR
Plant quarantine lab
Nanjing Customs APFIC |
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Solomon Islands: Demonax cf. chrysoderes
