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dryobius
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Posted - 03/08/2016 :  19:58:16  Show Profile  Email Poster  Reply with Quote

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Hope this is the right tribe [Phrynetini]

Malawi - 25 mm

Francesco
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Posted - 05/08/2016 :  06:54:21  Show Profile  Email Poster  Visit Francesco's Homepage  Reply with Quote
It is a Baraeus (Pteropliini), possibly, orientalis.
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dryobius
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Posted - 05/08/2016 :  21:09:20  Show Profile  Email Poster  Reply with Quote
Thank you. Yes, a Baraeus ! My specimen is naturally very dark (not greasy or oily), as shown, and does not fit well with the photo in Adlbauer's book of Ethiopian fauna. Perhaps this species is rather variable.
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