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| Pierre |
Posted - 26/02/2012 : 08:26:15
Is it possible to put a name on this Stolidodere?
BioLib is mentioning aurivillii, dequaei, gahani.
Are these valid taxa? or synonyms? |
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| africaone |
Posted - 20/05/2014 : 12:55:22
this is not dequaei!
femora seem not a clear character. I have a small series of dequaei and a series too of "aurivillii" (with a reserve until not seeing the types and a doubt of a second potential sp in the area of the type locality), they are two different species !
good characters are the pronotal sculpture, the shape of the black basal patches and in a lesser view the length of the back apical patches. |
| Littlebeetle23 |
Posted - 20/05/2014 : 12:48:07
I have in collection a Stolidodere dequaei from Cameroon that match perfectly your picture.
The femora and tibiae are similar to the Gilmour's key. |
| Norbert |
Posted - 20/05/2014 : 11:58:06
Difficile entre aurivillii et dequaei.....
Gilmour, 1956: 237
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| africaone |
Posted - 20/05/2014 : 08:21:55
this is probably aurivillii (type not seen but dequaei is something different and gahani is very different (lack of apical black).
I say probably as there are may be two species in this area (the common one found in Cameroon and proposed by many dealers from there and a may be a second found in Gabon, slightly different but lacking material for variability study ).
I am busy with this genus (if you have interesting material ?) |
| Pierre |
Posted - 26/02/2012 : 13:55:30
o.k., thank you Francesco, let's see later. |
| Francesco |
Posted - 26/02/2012 : 13:15:48
All three species are valid according to Breuning (1956, Longicornia III).
I read the keys but I do not have them here... an ID to postpone. |
