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sangamesh
Member Purpuricenus
India
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 Posted - 14/11/2016 : 13:11:17
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Loc: Kerala...
India: Ropica sp. |
Edited by - Xavier on 16/11/2016 08:35:10 |
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Xavier
Scientific Collaborator
France
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Posted - 14/11/2016 : 17:40:04
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Have you checked that your specimen have a furrow on mid tibias ?
So many Ropica sp. !... and I only know some holotype pictures  , but your specimen with a light cross on back is close to this one |
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Xavier
Scientific Collaborator
France
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Posted - 14/11/2016 : 19:46:50
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| There is also Ropica gardneri Breuning, 1939 described from Tamil Nadu, but I do not know it. |
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sangamesh
Member Purpuricenus
India
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Posted - 15/11/2016 : 08:03:22
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I confused for presence of the black hairs at mid tibial apex to furrow, my bad !...specimen doesn't have mid tibial furrow...then it should go to Pteropliini...eyes are sub divided...could this be in Pterolophia Sg. Sociopraonetha? |
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Xavier
Scientific Collaborator
France
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Posted - 15/11/2016 : 09:01:13
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Yes, without furrow, it should be a Pteropliini sp.
Apparently, there is only one species in subgenus Sociopraonetha : Pterolophia (Sociopraonetha) nigrocincta Gahan, 1894 from Myanmar . You can see here the holotype picture of one of his synonyme, which is not your species. |
Edited by - Xavier on 15/11/2016 10:04:45 |
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Xaurus
Member Rosenbergia
Germany
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Posted - 16/11/2016 : 01:25:00
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| at the picture I see an Apomecynini middle tibia, but maybe an artefact (schadow) by the picture, sometimes the furrow is very weak and bad visible, this spm looks like a Ropica generally. |
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sangamesh
Member Purpuricenus
India
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Posted - 17/11/2016 : 07:23:37
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This is the best I could manage to get a snap of mid tibia...as Xaurus opine, I think it has very slight dent not prominently visible...attached below is the image of same... |
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India: Pteropliini sp. ?
