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Carlo Arrigo
Member Demonax
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 Posted - 03/12/2019 : 09:38:58
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I need a help to ID these two guys...
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Puncak Arfak, Minyambou district, Arfak mountains, West Papua province, Papua, Indonesia.
16/XI/2019
Casadio-Menufandu leg. |
Edited by - Xavier on 05/12/2019 08:27:11 |
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Xavier
Scientific Collaborator
France
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Posted - 03/12/2019 : 17:58:47
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| It should be an Oberea sp. Do you have a lateral view ? |
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Carlo Arrigo
Member Demonax
Italy
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Posted - 04/12/2019 : 08:21:10
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lateral view
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Xavier
Scientific Collaborator
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Posted - 04/12/2019 : 14:03:26
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| Ok, that's an oberea sp. (short hind femora). I have to check now Breuning's revision of the genus. |
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Xavier
Scientific Collaborator
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Posted - 04/12/2019 : 15:02:07
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| Unfortunatly, I have a very similar species from northern Thailand here , and and I can't get anywhere with Breuning's revision. |
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Carlo Arrigo
Member Demonax
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Posted - 04/12/2019 : 16:23:32
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Hi Xavier,
thank you for your help.
I was very surprise to find a Oberea sp. in Papua; we was aroud 2000 m asl. |
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Xavier
Scientific Collaborator
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Posted - 04/12/2019 : 16:33:19
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| Well, I have many specimens collected at the same altitude in Laos. It is not surprising after all in such hot countries. |
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Carlo Arrigo
Member Demonax
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Posted - 04/12/2019 : 17:28:52
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| Ok, but my surprise was to find them in Papua. |
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Xaurus
Member Rosenbergia
Germany
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Posted - 05/12/2019 : 01:15:33
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| for me too, I was serveral times in W-Papua and never I found an Oberea sps in this Region ! |
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Xavier
Scientific Collaborator
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Posted - 05/12/2019 : 08:08:29
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After checking Titan database, I see that Oberea nefasta Pascoe, 1867 occurs in Papua, mentionned by Macleay, Lea, Gressitt & Breuning.
By reading Breuning revision (1962), it should be this species:
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You can compare your specimens with pictures here. Are they the same ? |
Edited by - Xavier on 05/12/2019 08:26:35 |
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West Papua: Oberea nefasta ?
