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Bennyboymothman
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Posted - 27/11/2017 :  08:53:44  Show Profile  Email Poster  Visit Bennyboymothman's Homepage  Send Bennyboymothman a Yahoo! Message  Reply with Quote

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Any ideas on this Callichromatini sp? It has a distinct purple sheen.

Data: Male - 12-2016 - Ebogo Centre - Cameroon.

Thanks

Pierre
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Switzerland
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Posted - 27/11/2017 :  20:54:07  Show Profile  Email Poster  Reply with Quote
Can't see if the pronotum is smooth or striate, but the general habitus makes me think of some colour form of Cloniophorus mucheia Thomson, 1858 (male).
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Bennyboymothman
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Posted - 28/11/2017 :  08:37:27  Show Profile  Email Poster  Visit Bennyboymothman's Homepage  Send Bennyboymothman a Yahoo! Message  Reply with Quote
Yes, that's the one!
The pronotum is quite smooth.
Thank you.
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Pierre Juhel
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France
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Posted - 16/02/2018 :  10:51:33  Show Profile  Email Poster  Reply with Quote
Metallichroma excellens Aurivillius: pronotum smooth, pyriform scapus.
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Bennyboymothman
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Posted - 17/02/2018 :  17:04:11  Show Profile  Email Poster  Visit Bennyboymothman's Homepage  Send Bennyboymothman a Yahoo! Message  Reply with Quote
Thank you!
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Francesco
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Posted - 05/10/2018 :  10:05:57  Show Profile  Email Poster  Visit Francesco's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Sorry Pierre, but in my opinion, it is a Cloniophorus mucheia mucheia, as you have identified it firstly: the lateral spine is too small and pointed.

Moreover, Metallichroma excellens of Cameroon show a dorsal green band (see here).
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