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Post by dynastes on Apr 16, 2013 7:17:02 GMT -8
Hello! I have 2 beetles as on photo. It from Indonesia, Ambon Island. I bought them as unnamed species from the tribe Melolonthini. At several sites - insects-stores, they are named as Lepidoderma setifrons. but nowhere else this name does not appear. I also found that Lepidoderma - a genus of fungi. Who knows the true name of this beetle?Attachments:
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Post by bandrow on Apr 16, 2013 20:39:54 GMT -8
Greetings,
Looks to me to be the genus Lepidiota - probably a case of a misspelled genus name...
Cheers!
Bandrow
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Post by dynastes on Apr 17, 2013 0:24:53 GMT -8
I found taxon as Antitrogus setifrons (Britton, 1980) also from Scarabaeoidea - Melolonthidae
but I can`t find a photo of it.
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Post by africaone on Apr 17, 2013 0:50:18 GMT -8
why don't you believe Bandrow  this looks like correct |
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Post by bandrow on Apr 17, 2013 6:58:07 GMT -8
Greetings, The genus Antitrogus is distributed through eastern Australia, and this species is from Indonesia. My first thought is that it was in the genus Dermolepida, due to its resemblance to " Dermolepida" pica - another species readily available on dealer websites. However, on the 'biolib.cz' website, Dermolepida was cited as being a genus of amphibian (if my memory serves me correctly), and the scarab species often listed in Dermolepida are all in Lepidiota. Unfortunately, several attempts to recheck that website have failed - the site must be temporarily down. Next - I found a number of references to Dermolepida albohirtum (Waterhouse)- a species found in Australia, and with its distribution cited as being "Australasia and Oceania" - kind of vague. Here's the link for that info: www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/Pest/Main/135637I'll check into this and see what the current status of Dermolepida and Lepidiota are and post it here if I can get a clear answer. The Melolonthinae is a big group, and it's always possible that there is a species called setifrons in more than one genus. Hope this helps... Bandrow |
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Post by bandrow on Apr 17, 2013 11:03:29 GMT -8
Greetings,
I finally got onto biolib.cz and Dermolepida is indeed listed as a genus of Melolonthinae, but they list only two species - albohirtum (Waterhouse) and lixi (Nonfried) - both apparently Australian.
Cheers!
Bandrow
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Post by dynastes on Apr 17, 2013 12:13:47 GMT -8
thank you very much.
I'm starting to think may be erroneous collection data. and it not from Ambon
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Post by dkeith on Apr 21, 2013 11:29:00 GMT -8
it is imho Dermolepida albohirtum, but surely not from Ambon, this genus is restricted to PNG or Australia
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Post by dynastes on Nov 27, 2013 12:47:46 GMT -8
Today at the insect exhibition I saw this species with label - genus Anoxia, Indonesia Attachments:
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this looks like correct
