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loongfah
Member Purpuricenus
Singapore
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 Posted - 01/04/2013 : 11:11:17
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Not sure what this is? |
Edited by - Xavier on 28/01/2016 11:19:12 |
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Beckey
Member Rosalia
Japan
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Posted - 01/04/2013 : 13:35:01
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| It might be Daxata ustulata Pascoe, 1866, but I'm not sure. |
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loongfah
Member Purpuricenus
Singapore
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Posted - 01/04/2013 : 17:13:56
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Attached is the illustration by Pascoe of Daxata ustulata
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Other than the color difference which could be due to the freshness of the pubescence, there are few points of structural difference. According to the description and the illustration:
1) at the base of elytra, there are a few shining granules and two elevated lines, the innermost simulating a crest; (the elevated lines are lacking in my specimen)
2) behind the shoulder the elytron is slightly bowed and marked with a dark-brown longitudinal patch; this bowed feature is less distinct in my specimen.
There is another Daxata (Taxada) sumatrensis Breuning,1961, and a Daxata confusa Pascoe,1869. I have Pascoe's description of D. confusa. It doesn't seem to be the one either. |
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dryobius
Member Rosenbergia
USA
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Posted - 01/04/2013 : 21:33:22
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Pascoe's illustrations are not reliable.
Breuning's keys are not reliable.
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Robert
Member Rosenbergia
Canada
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Posted - 01/04/2013 : 21:49:41
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Dan, if I go by your picture's name, the specimen you posted is Daxata ustulata, type, from BMNH.
It is clearer to have the name associated.  |
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dryobius
Member Rosenbergia
USA
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Posted - 01/04/2013 : 23:02:43
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| sorry, I forgot to add it. yes, it is the holotype from the BMNH |
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From Singapore: Daxata (Taxada) ustulata
