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Pierre
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Posted - 09/01/2011 :  21:17:17  Show Profile  Email Poster  Reply with Quote


A pretty small Trachyderini, from Mexico also (16mm).
It makes me think of Parathestesis convergens, but I am not satisfied with this, the legs are too short and show a different coloration.
Or do we have some Parevander or Paroxoplus variation?

Francesco
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Posted - 10/01/2011 :  12:00:15  Show Profile  Email Poster  Visit Francesco's Homepage  Reply with Quote
No, it isn't.
According to me, it is a Lamiine of the tribe Hemilophini. It is necessary to check all genera, since no key about them exists.
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Pierre
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Posted - 10/01/2011 :  17:50:27  Show Profile  Email Poster  Reply with Quote
ooops...! Wrong subfamily?!?! what a greenhorn I am...
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Francesco
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Posted - 13/01/2011 :  13:22:19  Show Profile  Email Poster  Visit Francesco's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Beh...the shape of the median tibiae is fairly typical... nonetheless, I have checked all Hemilophini and I could not find this species.
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Pierre
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Posted - 13/01/2011 :  14:26:17  Show Profile  Email Poster  Reply with Quote
I did the same. But none of the photos did fit with this beetle.
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horshehden
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Posted - 09/03/2011 :  10:33:14  Show Profile  Email Poster  Reply with Quote
So there is only one candidate more: Mecas sericeus.
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Francesco
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Posted - 09/03/2011 :  10:56:00  Show Profile  Email Poster  Visit Francesco's Homepage  Reply with Quote
You are right!
So, a member of Saperdini. Thank you very much Tomás!
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Pierre
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Posted - 09/03/2011 :  14:31:22  Show Profile  Email Poster  Reply with Quote
Yep! That's it! Thank you!
Monné & Hovore list the genus Mecas (with it's subgenera) among the Phytoeciini Tribe.
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Francesco
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Posted - 09/03/2011 :  16:32:18  Show Profile  Email Poster  Visit Francesco's Homepage  Reply with Quote
I've seen... I wonder why they did not select Gleneini: the lateral ridge seems well evident!
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