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mariposa1957
Member Nathrius
Canada
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 Posted - 09/02/2014 : 01:58:30
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Can anyone help with the I.D. of these and sex?
Thanks,
Andrew |
Edited by - Capitaine on 28/01/2016 11:05:50 |
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Gerard
Scientific Collaborator
France
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Posted - 09/02/2014 : 09:28:19
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Hello Andrew, you have two male.
What is the country and the size?
It is a Psalidognathus.
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mariposa1957
Member Nathrius
Canada
15 Posts |
Posted - 09/02/2014 : 17:01:15
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Hi Gerard,
They are from Costa Rica and are approx. 55mm.
Thanks for your help!
Andrew |
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Francesco
Forum Admin
Luxembourg
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Posted - 16/02/2014 : 08:04:38
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| The only species quoted from Costa Rica is Psalidognathus superbus Fries, 1833... however, they seems to me two P. friendi Gray, 1832 (elytra sculpture coarser...) |
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dryobius
Member Rosenbergia
USA
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Posted - 02/03/2014 : 13:39:35
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P. modestus and P. superbus are both known from Costa Rica. P. superbus are generally very dark metallic... not blue or reddish.
The photos are clearly P. friendi.
Santos-Silva has one unknown female from Costa Rica (was in my collection) collected by an acquaintance that lived there in the early 1980's. In the 1970's and 1980's, there were enormous quantities of P. friendi collected in Colombia and sold by one or two dealers. Some of these may have been mis-labeled. |
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Dooseok Yi
Member Purpuricenus
Korea
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Posted - 24/01/2021 : 06:43:54
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All friendi lectotypes deposited in Paris, are from Colombia, while superbus lectotypes are from Peru, panama and Ecuador. The specimens from costa Rica should be related to panama specimens. May be superbus.
It would be more clear if I can see the horns beneath the mandibles.
Colors are not the matters. |
Edited by - Dooseok Yi on 24/01/2021 06:45:37 |
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Costa Rica: Psalidognathus friendi ♂
