I had had many doubts about this specimen and am not surprised with your answer. But I found interesting to show such kind of similar habitus, which easily leads towards confusion between beetles families. Thank you, Francesco.
Indeed... and on this basis old entomologists believed that Cerambycidae had derived from Cucujdae... while some other ones keep considering Parandrini at the basis of the tree of Cerambycidae...
La structure des antennes, l'insertion des antennes cachée par-dessus, la configuration des hanches et des Mesepimères, tout ça renvoie clairement aux Cucujidae. - Je ne connaissais pas les théories qui lient l'émergence des Cerambycidae à cette famille... reste que la similitude de ces bêtes est stupéfiante. Est-ce que le mode de vie peut jouer un rôle? Ils partagent un milieu identique.
Cameroon: Passandra sexstriata (Passandridae)
Posted - 31/03/2012 : 22:05:29
