Thread subject: Diptera.info :: No June beetle

Posted by Xaver Frank on 30-06-2006 14:20
#1

Hello!

This isn't a June beetle (Rhizotrogus marginipes) and not a Summer chafer (Amphimallon solstitialis).

foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/17/2259617/6138623937343936.jpg

Is this Rhizotrogus cicatricosus? It crawled this Tuesday here in SE Saxony, Germany.

Thanks and Greetings

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 30-06-2006 14:55
#2

To exclude Amphimallon, try to count antennal segments (I just can't make out): 9 in Amphimallon, 10 in Rhizotrogus.
If 10 segments, why not a Miltotrogus? (it seems that pronotum, elytrae, and pygidium are all covered with hairs, and base of pronotum is not bordered).