Beetles from Papua-New Guinea to ID

dpotanin Full Member Posts: 85	Beetles from Papua-New Guinea to ID Sept 17, 2013 15:40:05 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by dpotanin on Sept 17, 2013 15:40:05 GMT -8 Hi! Does anybody know these beetles from PNG? Thanks in advance! 1. Clytini?? Attachment Deleted 22. some Dorcus (16 mm)? Attachment Deleted

bichos Darwin Posts: 1,085	Beetles from Papua-New Guinea to ID Sept 18, 2013 4:24:29 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by bichos on Sept 18, 2013 4:24:29 GMT -8 Not sure about the Clytini, but the second one is a Cyclommatus sp. not Dorcus. It will be difficult to determine the species without more specfic data.
	It seems therefore that a taste for collecting beetles is some indication of future success in life!--Charles Darwin

prillbug4 Full Member Posts: 216	Beetles from Papua-New Guinea to ID Sept 18, 2013 11:36:54 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by prillbug4 on Sept 18, 2013 11:36:54 GMT -8 The Clytini is Chlorophorus praetextus Pascoe. It is pictured in figure 44, from The Cerambycidae of New Guinea, by J. Linsley Gressit, Pacific Insects Vol. 20,no. 1. 1959. Jeff Prill

dpotanin Full Member Posts: 85	Beetles from Papua-New Guinea to ID Sept 18, 2013 11:44:19 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by dpotanin on Sept 18, 2013 11:44:19 GMT -8 Thank you very much!