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Robert
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Posted - 02/04/2013 :  22:20:19  Show Profile  Email Poster  Reply with Quote

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Cameron Highlands
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Beckey
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Japan
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Posted - 03/04/2013 :  14:41:18  Show Profile  Email Poster  Reply with Quote
Acalolepta sp.

This is rare in Peninsula Malaysia.
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dryobius
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Posted - 03/04/2013 :  14:59:32  Show Profile  Email Poster  Reply with Quote
Yes, this looks like a female Acalolepta.

I have examples of Acalolepta subaurata Schwarzer from Sabah, which has shiny pubescence. This species is similar, but I believe it is a different species.

It is difficult to tell from the photograph, but does this specimens have shiny pubescence, too?
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Beckey
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Posted - 03/04/2013 :  16:05:43  Show Profile  Email Poster  Reply with Quote

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Yes.
Edited by - Beckey on 03/04/2013 16:10:11
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dryobius
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Posted - 03/04/2013 :  16:44:51  Show Profile  Email Poster  Reply with Quote

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A. subaurata - female from Sabah
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Robert
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Posted - 03/04/2013 :  18:04:33  Show Profile  Email Poster  Reply with Quote
Yes, the pubescence is all shiny. Thank you both for your help!
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Francesco
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Posted - 18/12/2013 :  16:44:03  Show Profile  Email Poster  Visit Francesco's Homepage  Reply with Quote
In fact it is not A. subaurata, since the pronotum should have very minute lateral spines.
It is Acalolepta lineata (Breuning, 1939)

Dan's species is correctly A. subaurata.
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Robert
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Posted - 19/12/2013 :  18:32:55  Show Profile  Email Poster  Reply with Quote
Thanks Francesco!
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