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Vitali
Member Rosalia
Estonia
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 Posted - 13/09/2010 : 13:54:33
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A nice beetle characterized by a lateral patches of reddish pubescence on pronotum.
See the next photo. |
Edited by - Xavier on 31/01/2016 15:08:24 |
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Vitali
Member Rosalia
Estonia
991 Posts |
Posted - 13/09/2010 : 13:56:24
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Lateral view. |
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Francesco
Forum Admin
Luxembourg
9420 Posts |
Posted - 13/09/2010 : 22:23:14
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It is a female of Hypargyra albilateralis (Harold, 1880).
There are two subspecies in Tanzania: which is its exact provenance? |
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Vitali
Member Rosalia
Estonia
991 Posts |
Posted - 13/09/2010 : 23:01:01
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| Thank you. It comes from Wami Dakawa area, Mvomero distr., Morogoro. Does it help to tell anything about a subspecies? |
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Francesco
Forum Admin
Luxembourg
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Posted - 14/09/2010 : 08:12:52
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Not a lot, really... there are two subspecies, one widespread in the North and another in the South, but Mvomero is exactly in the middle!
They differ in the prothoracic shape, more or less constricted before apex. Your specimen seems to belong to the typical form (less constricted).
Actually, there also is the possibility that it is a less pubescent specimen of H. cribripennis Gahan, 1890, endemic from Tanzania and characterised by uniform ventral pubescence... but, it seems to me concentrated at the sides in this case. |
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Tanzania: Hypargyra albilateralis
