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Post by dpotanin on Jun 18, 2013 14:19:13 GMT -8
Please help to ID these two longhorns from Tanzania: 1. Cymatura fasciata ?  2. Prioninae: Cantharocnemini ?  |
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Post by dpotanin on Jul 10, 2013 14:55:29 GMT -8
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Post by Borja Gómez on Jul 12, 2013 19:45:45 GMT -8
Hello
The first looks like a Cymatura sp... probably fasciata?
The second one in my opinion is almost surely Cantharocnemis plicipennis
Regards
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Post by africaone on Jul 13, 2013 2:20:03 GMT -8
serious doubt that being plicipenis  |
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pierre
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Post by pierre on Jul 14, 2013 11:57:48 GMT -8
Regarding the second specimen: a Cantharocnemis, of course. A complicated chapter as the specimen tend to be highly variable.
Two possibilities: either Cantharocnemis Serville s.str., or subgen. Cantharoplatys Westwood.
The photo shows a flattened front with widely separated eyes. This would correspond to the first variant, Cantharocnemis (s.str.) spondyloides Serville. Widely disributed and also reported from Tanzania.
On the other hand it could belong to the subgenus Cantharoplatys (plicipennis Fairmaire, kraatzi Thomson, fairmairei Lameere). The front is not very typical for this subgenus, but other body parts do better fit with this solution: lenght of antenna, form of pronotum, elytral sculpture. But without seeing details of the hind tarsi it is not possible to make a good analysis.
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Post by africaone on Jul 16, 2013 6:11:44 GMT -8
the specimen needs to be set espacially the legs that are diagnostic !
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