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loongfah
Member Purpuricenus
Singapore
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 Posted - 31/03/2013 : 08:50:02
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Dear experts
This is my first posting. Hello to everyone!
Attached below is a Cerambycid found on forest edge's secondary vegetation. Here it is visitng the flower of a Mallotus paniculatus tree.
May I know what is the species?
Best regards
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Francesco
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Posted - 31/03/2013 : 09:16:19
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Welcome to the Forum Loong Fah!
Your beetle should belong to the genus Pseudiphra, being apparently very close to Pseudiphra apicalis Schwarzer, 1925 (here).
The only known species in Malayan peninsula is P. albofasciata Hayashi, 1977, but I do not know whether its is your species.
I am still looking... |
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loongfah
Member Purpuricenus
Singapore
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Posted - 31/03/2013 : 10:16:04
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I attach excerpt of Hayashi's description of P. albofasciata below:
"Body covered with fine dense whitish grey tomentose generally. with white tomentose in the form of oblique narrow triangular fasciae at middle and with brownish tomentose on a broad transverse fascia behind middle of elytra; and furnished with a few fine long flying hairs on underside of antennae."
which seems to indicate a different species.
So it is either P. apicalis, which is a signifcant range's extension, or it is something else.
It certainly looks close enough to P. apicalis, which, considering its habitat (described in Taiwan as flower visitors to a range of trees in open & secondary habitat), and the rapid expansion of such habitat in SE Asia, is perhaps not so surprising.
Thanks, Francesco. That is a very fast reply!
Loong Fah |
Edited by - loongfah on 31/03/2013 10:25:17 |
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Singapore: Pseudiphra apicalis
