|
|
Post by timoinsects on May 12, 2011 17:19:01 GMT -8
tanzania. NO.1 Attachments:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Post by timoinsects on May 12, 2011 17:19:43 GMT -8
spins on the elytra. Attachments:
|
|
|
|
Post by timoinsects on May 12, 2011 17:20:05 GMT -8
tanzania NO.2 Attachments:
|
|
|
|
Post by timoinsects on May 12, 2011 17:20:31 GMT -8
Ghana NO.3
|
|
|
|
Post by timoinsects on May 12, 2011 17:20:53 GMT -8
Tanzania NO.4 Attachments:
|
|
|
|
Post by timoinsects on May 12, 2011 17:22:05 GMT -8
Togo NO.5
|
|
|
|
|
|
Post by timoinsects on May 12, 2011 17:22:59 GMT -8
Togo NO.6 Attachments:
|
|
|
|
Post by timoinsects on May 12, 2011 17:24:18 GMT -8
Togo NO.7 ,verys small size. Attachments:
|
|
|
|
Post by timoinsects on May 12, 2011 17:25:13 GMT -8
Tanzania NO.8 Attachments:
|
|
|
|
Post by prillbug2 on May 12, 2011 18:18:11 GMT -8
Specimens 1,3,4,and 8 are Lamiinae. 2 is Cerambycinae. 5,6, and 7 are Prioninae=Macrotominae. Prioninae is still a subfamily, it's not a family. I'm working on the identifications. I'll have them in a couple of days.
Jeff Prill
|
|
|
|
Post by thanos on May 13, 2011 0:56:43 GMT -8
No 1 : Ancylonotus tribulus ,females (they look like of var.hieroglyphicus).
No 2 : Philematium virens sansibaricum .
No 3 : Analeptes trifasciata ,male .
No 4 : Ceroplesis militaris militaris ,male (looks like of var.heroica).
No 8 : Phryneta spinator .
Now,for the Macrotoma from Togo,I think that they are all M.palmata. Specifically:
No 5 : M.palmata female .
No 6 : M.palmata female(first specimen) and male(second one) .
and No 7 : a small male of M.palmata .
Thanos
|
|
|
|
Post by africaone on May 13, 2011 1:29:01 GMT -8
for Macrotoma
male of the pair is not palmata ! may be serripes (not sure)
first female is difficult to say (shining cancel characters)
thierry
|
|
|
|
Post by prillbug2 on May 13, 2011 17:12:01 GMT -8
That's why I said it might take me a day or two, I have to check Villier's paper on African Macrotoma.
Jeff Prill
|
|
|
|
Post by africaone on May 14, 2011 0:35:14 GMT -8
there are 4 sp of Macrotoma in this part of Africa :
palmata, serripes, gracilipes and mourgliai. it is surely not mourgliai and gracilipes.
Betweeen serripes and palmata the most visible characters are the tarsi lenght and shape, promotal spines and spines on legs.
other macrotomini from Occidental Africa (Prionotoma, Anomotoma and Crossocnemis), doesn't have a a such disco-dorsal shiny pronotum.
Thierry
|
|
|
|
Post by thanos on May 14, 2011 2:02:03 GMT -8
Yes,I was only between palmata and serripes,and examining mainly the above characters that you mentioned. These specimens all seem to me more close to palmata than serripes -they are very similar species though. In references,most Macrotoma specimens from Togo are palmata.
Thanos
|
|
