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Larry Bezark
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Posted - 30/11/2013 :  05:29:25  Show Profile  Email Poster  Reply with Quote

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Yokoi Congo, Africa
I have this Purpuricenus named lameyi, but I cannot find that name anywhere. It is 15 mm long.

Please help, thanks.

Larry B.
Edited by - Larry Bezark on 30/11/2013 05:29:57

Pierre
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Posted - 30/11/2013 :  07:51:01  Show Profile  Email Poster  Reply with Quote
Female of Purpuricenus laetus. (!!) subspecies reported, but don't ask me on which base they have been established.
Seeing the origin of your specimen, this one is ssp. congoanus (Aurivillius, 1911).
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Francesco
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Posted - 30/11/2013 :  08:36:23  Show Profile  Email Poster  Visit Francesco's Homepage  Reply with Quote
I can confirm it: the pattern exactly corresponds to this subspecies widespread in southern Zaire.

The subspecies were revised by Kuntzen (1915), available in the Digital Library here.
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Larry Bezark
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Posted - 30/11/2013 :  18:13:56  Show Profile  Email Poster  Reply with Quote
Thank you Pierre & Francesco,

Larry B.
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