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loongfah
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Posted - 11/06/2016 :  15:34:52  Show Profile  Email Poster  Reply with Quote

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Menesia or Menesida?
Edited by - Xavier on 22/01/2017 08:50:32

Xavier
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France
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Posted - 21/01/2017 :  12:50:20  Show Profile  Email Poster  Reply with Quote
I think it is Menesia niveoguttata (Aurivillius, 1925)
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loongfah
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Posted - 22/01/2017 :  05:16:19  Show Profile  Email Poster  Reply with Quote
Thanks Xavier. From the description and illustration, it seems that Menesia niveoguttata has only 4 spots on each elytron whereas mine has 5. How about Menesia signifera (Thomson) 1865?
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Xavier
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Posted - 22/01/2017 :  08:50:01  Show Profile  Email Poster  Reply with Quote
You are right. Those 2 species are very close, and may be the same (one lacking spot = variation ?)
Note that "nivea" means white, and holotype picture of M.signifera shows white spot : none of them has yellow spots.

With spots distribution, yours should be Menesia signifera (Thomson, 1865)
Edited by - Xavier on 22/01/2017 09:02:18
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