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Larry Bezark
Member Macrodontia
USA
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 Posted - 05/11/2013 : 01:50:41
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Mogadishu, Somalia
18 mm for this beauty!
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Francesco
Forum Admin
Luxembourg
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Posted - 05/11/2013 : 09:44:52
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It might be Purpuricenus bipartitus (Jordan, 1897), the only Trachyderini from Somalia, but I have neither seen this species nor read its description... however, very difficult to find (both  ).
The description was published here:
Jordan in Smith A. D., 1897 - Through unknown African countries. The first expedition from Somaliland to Lake Lamu. Coleoptera - Edward Arnold, University Press, Cambridge U.S.A. (Appendix): 447-454.
If you manage to find it... |
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Littlebeetle23
Member Purpuricenus
France
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Francesco
Forum Admin
Luxembourg
9462 Posts |
Posted - 07/11/2013 : 11:53:36
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Thank you very much!  |
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Littlebeetle23
Member Purpuricenus
France
296 Posts |
Posted - 07/11/2013 : 14:17:26
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| After some research, the locus typicus of this species isn't in Somalia but in Southern Ethiopia, few kilometers east of Mt Erer, just near the Kenyan border. |
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Somalia: Purpuricenus bipartitus ♂
