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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/2026111316250_SimilosodusF.JPG[/img][br][size=1] 292.06 KB[/size=1] Female, 7,5 mm. Houaphan Province, Laos. [img]http://www.cerambycoidea.com/forum/../public/imgforum/Xavier/20261113162825_SimilosodusM.jpg[/img][br][size=1] 344.47 KB[/size=1] Male, 7 mm. Yen Bai, Vietnam. My specimens are not in very good condition. The closest species is [i]Similosodus torui[/i] Holzschuh, 1989, described from Taiwan. I have contacted C. Holzschuh to seek his opinion and avoid describing this species unnecessarily. [i]S. torui[/i]’s description gives length ratios for antennal segments 3 to 6, all of which differ from those of the same segments in my female specimen. The patterns formed by the hair on the elytra seem to me to be different enough to suggest that this species is not [i]S. torui[/i]. Would anyone recognise it? [img]http://www.cerambycoidea.com/forum/../public/imgforum/Xavier/20261113163844_Similosodustorui.jpg[/img][br][size=1] 41.77 KB[/size=1] [i]Similosodus torui[/i] Holzschuh, 1989 Holotype female, 8 mm. Taiwan. [/quote]    Insert an Image File Check here to include your profile signature.