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                 SDevesa 
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                       Posted - 05/08/2024 :  18:18:37
                        
                        
                        
                      
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  From Taiwan Male: 24,0 mm Female: 22,1 mm
  Identified as Moechotypa delicatula (White, 1858). It is correct? Saludos Sergio | 
                     
                   
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                 Xavier 
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                       Posted - 05/08/2024 :  23:59:52
                        
                        
                        
                      
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                      |  Yes, quite identical to the HT. | 
                     
                    
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                 MONO 
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                       Posted - 07/08/2024 :  04:33:12
                        
                        
                        
                      
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                       Hi,Moechotypa formosana (Pic, 1917) in Taiwan province,Why not consider this species? Although I don't know the difference between them.
 quote: Originally posted by Xavier
  Yes, quite identical to the HT.
 
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                 Xavier 
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                       Posted - 07/08/2024 :  09:59:01
                        
                        
                        
                      
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                       quote: Originally posted by MONO
  Hi,Moechotypa formosana (Pic, 1917) in Taiwan province,Why not consider this species? Although I don't know the difference between them.
   Good question! I don't know if M.formosana is a synonym of M.delicatula. I don't have these species in my collection to compare them, only photos of the holotypes: it seems to me that the base of the elytra is slightly different.
 
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                 SDevesa 
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                       Posted - 07/08/2024 :  18:56:41
                        
                        
                        
                      
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                       I have 5 specimens of M. delicatula: 3 males and 2 females. All of them have the pronotal base "elevated". But,...It is an enough difference to design new species?
  I don't know, but me feeling is that formosana i a synonym of delicatula. So, before to know more details, I will maintain my specimens as M. delicatula (White, 1858). Saludos Sergio | 
                     
                    
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