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| Capitaine |
Posted - 03/11/2015 : 12:10:19
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I'd like to have a confirmation for this one, Mecosaspis croesus?
Tanzanie / 28 mm,
thanks |
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| Jaguarito |
Posted - 14/03/2016 : 19:25:26
Thank you, Pierre |
| Pierre |
Posted - 14/03/2016 : 16:08:45
The subsp. femorale Oliv. concernes specimen from the islands (Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion), not continental Africa.
Usually more violet blue, with stronger vermiculation on elytrae which givens them a dull look. |
| Jaguarito |
Posted - 14/03/2016 : 15:33:12
Having what we have, I would be interested to know what is the alleged difference between Philematium virens and Philematium virens femorale (as I have one specimen of that last species, from La Réunion). |
| Pierre |
Posted - 03/11/2015 : 17:42:11
The typical ssp. has been decribed from the southern part of the african continent; reports for example from the Cape, Natal, Mozambique, etc. The specimens I have in coll. come all from the Cape.
The other ssp. follow more northwards. P. virens sansibaricum Gerstaecker can be found for example in Kenya or some northern parts of Tanzania.
By the way I think a serious revision of the genus would give some interesing results concerning all these subspecies... but actually we have what we have... |
| Capitaine |
Posted - 03/11/2015 : 13:55:56
Thank you Pierre,
Effectively, the elytral punctuation is different as the antennal length.
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In that case, this one from RSA should be the same (perhaps ssp sansibaricum) |
| Pierre |
Posted - 03/11/2015 : 12:32:31
No. This one is not a Mecosaspis. You have here the ssp. transversale Kolbe of Philematium virens Linnaeus, 1758. |
