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africaone
Member Purpuricenus
Belgium
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 Posted - 14/12/2017 : 09:57:15
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I have problem to determine this genus (RDC, Tshopo region, 2016)
It recalls Sudreana but seems obvioulsly not.
May be a Margites, but which ? |
s'il n'y pas de solution c'est qu'il n'y a pas de problème ! akuna matata .... |
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africaone
Member Purpuricenus
Belgium
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Posted - 18/12/2017 : 08:48:22
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| nobody has an idea about this genus ? |
s'il n'y pas de solution c'est qu'il n'y a pas de problème ! akuna matata .... |
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Capitaine
Scientific Collaborator
France
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Posted - 18/12/2017 : 10:40:23
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To help a little...
2em antennal joint quite long, third equal to 2 times the fourth,
pro-tibiae hairy...
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Riana
Member Rosalia
South Africa
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Posted - 19/12/2017 : 18:10:31
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If I understand Adlbauer 2006 correctly, then this should key out to Margites mussardi Lepesme & Breuning, 1956 ?
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africaone
Member Purpuricenus
Belgium
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Posted - 19/12/2017 : 18:37:26
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I agree with you Riana.
Seems to fit with Margites and probably a close species to mussardi.
I have no specimen of it to compare, few details differ as the pubescence of the pronotum and less general pubescence. I have a second specimen (female) that fit very well with this male. It is very far from his distribution. |
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Pierre
Member Rosenbergia
Switzerland
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Posted - 19/12/2017 : 20:43:08
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Yes, confirmed: Margites mussardi Lepesme & Breuning, 1956. The description fits very well with your beetle.
Citations by Adlbauer from western Africa: Liberia, Ivory Coast. The specimen from my collection come from Cameroon and Gabon. The species seems to be widespread in many parts of the african continent. |
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africaone
Member Purpuricenus
Belgium
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Posted - 19/12/2017 : 23:37:39
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thanks to all ...  |
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africaone
Member Purpuricenus
Belgium
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Posted - 23/02/2018 : 13:46:57
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| going farer in the study of African Cerambycini, I have some difficult to understand why Pachydissus furvus is not included in Margites or at least relied to the African species of Margites. the length of antenna seems not a generic character and I don't see very well other differences. may be also the other Pachydissus such as aurivillianus and aspericollis. |
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Congo, Margites mussardi
