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Larry Bezark
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Posted - 13/08/2014 :  01:29:14  Show Profile  Email Poster  Reply with Quote

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From Worobong, Ghana, male 14.1 mm, female 20 mm.

Thanks,

Larry B.

Pierre-Olivier Maquart
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Posted - 13/08/2014 :  10:14:20  Show Profile  Email Poster  Reply with Quote
Probably a Pseudhammus sp....Good luck !

Apparently there is 2 species in Ghana: occipitalis and oculifrons ...
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Larry Bezark
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USA
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Posted - 14/08/2014 :  01:32:31  Show Profile  Email Poster  Reply with Quote
According to Breuning's key, occipitalis has white spots on the elytra, oculifrons does not.

P. occipitalis has a post-median white mark and a smaller preapical one laterally. That fits my specimens, so for now I will go with
Pseudhammus (Litigiosus) occipitalis (Lameere) 1893.

Larry B.
Edited by - Larry Bezark on 14/08/2014 01:49:33
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Francesco
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Posted - 15/08/2014 :  10:54:31  Show Profile  Email Poster  Visit Francesco's Homepage  Reply with Quote
I agree.
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