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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Xavier[/i] [br][img]http://www.cerambycoidea.com/forum/../public/imgforum/Xavier/202692574059_a.jpg[/img][br][size=1] 256.2 KB[/size=1] [i]Aristobia birmanica[/i] Gahan, 1894 syntypes from Myanmar vs [i]Aristobia approximator[/i] (Thomson, 1865) HT from Malaysia. Pictures from Larry's website. In JIROUX & Al, 2014. Première contribution à l'étude des Monochamini d'Asie du Sud-Est (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae). Les Cahiers Magellanes., [i]Aristobia birmanica[/i] Gahan, 1894 is considered a synonym of [i]Aristobia approximator[/i] (Thomson, 1865). In my view, these are two different species, and biogeography repeatedly shows us that the distribution of Malaysian and Indonesian species is very limited in mainland Asia. I have dark specimens from Laos and Thailand with this same pattern of spots and a thin yellow median band on the pronotum, which bear no resemblance whatsoever to Thomson’s type specimen! I now need to provide evidence for my ‘hunch’, and I am working on it... [/quote]    Insert an Image File Check here to include your profile signature.