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 Gastrolepta with apical scutellar bristles?
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| Rui Andrade |
Posted on 16-10-2019 17:04
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 Member Location: Portugal Posts: 3123 Joined: 19.06.07 |
Hi, I have a question regarding Gastrolepta anthracina. The literature says that it lacks apical scutellar bristles, but I have a few specimens that I identified as G. anthracina and they have very small crossed apicals (see picture below). Are these too small to be considered true apicals? location: Porto (Portugal) date: 27/09/2019 Rui Andrade attached the following image:  [113.14Kb] |
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| Rui Andrade |
Posted on 16-10-2019 17:05
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| Rui Andrade |
Posted on 16-10-2019 17:05
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| Rui Andrade |
Posted on 16-10-2019 17:08
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 16-10-2019 18:23
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19325 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Well, it is clearly Gastrolepta. Start investigating thr male genitalia, maybe you have a second species on the Iberian peninsula (wouldn’t be the first time ) Theo |
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| Rui Andrade |
Posted on 16-10-2019 19:41
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Member Location: Portugal Posts: 3123 Joined: 19.06.07 |
Thank you Theo, I will keep this specimen for you. |
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