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Post by ronaldhart on Jan 9, 2013 15:48:00 GMT -8
Hi I received a number of specimens from Ecuador and have no idea what they are. Is anyone able to tell me? Thanks Attachments:
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Post by Bugman on Jan 26, 2013 5:40:31 GMT -8
Should be a Dynastidae species, but I don't know which one  |
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Post by thanos on Jan 26, 2013 19:20:47 GMT -8
Pucaya castanea.
Btw, Dynastinae is a subfamily of Scarabaeidae - I don't think it should be treated as a separate family.
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Post by Entomofou on Jan 27, 2013 5:27:50 GMT -8
I use this kind of classification :
Scarabaeoidea
--> Dynastidae
--> Cetoniidae
----> Cetoniinae
----> Trichiinae
----> Valginae
----> Geotrupidae
----> Scarabaeidae
etc...
This is the taxonomic choice of Fauna Europaea too... Löbl & Smetana have made the choice of Scarabaeidae global family, with Dynastinae considerd as a subfamily...
I think that everyone can do as he wants... It is not very important...
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Post by thanos on Jan 27, 2013 14:54:45 GMT -8
Ok, but personally I find it a BS species with so similar morphological-anatomical characteristics to be separated in different families.
Then for Cerambycoidea use also: Prionidae, Lamiidae, Cerambycidae, etc.
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