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Francesco
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Nemophas Thomson, 1864 is a genus of the subfamily Lamiinae, tribus Lamiini widespread from the Philippines to New Britain and Solomon Islands throughout Indonesia.
In the last revision, Iothocera Thomson, 1864 was recognized as a synonym of this genus.
Many thank to Gérard Chemin for his collaboration in sending many pictures. 
This key is part of a paper available here (after request).
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Francesco
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Posted - 15/02/2014 : 19:56:30
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1. Dorsal side entirely dark, 31–41 mm, Moluccas: Kai ... Nemophas cyanescens Jordan, 1898
Photo Gérard Chemin
-. Dorsal side more or less covered with coloured pubescence ... 2
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Francesco
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Posted - 15/02/2014 : 20:02:18
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2. Body pubescence greyish or whitish ........... 3
-. Body pubescence yellow, ochreous or red ... 5
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Francesco
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Posted - 15/02/2014 : 20:03:31
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3. Dorsal side mostly covered with grey pubescence elytra with 2 transversal hairless bands, 26 mm, Moluccas: Morotai ... Nemophas incensus Pascoe, 1866
Francis P. Pascoe's drawing, 1866
-. Dorsal side mostly hairless; elytra with 1-3 transversal bands of whitish pubescence 4
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Francesco
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Posted - 15/02/2014 : 20:09:33
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4. Elytra with 3 transversal bands, 31–41 mm, Moluccas: Kai ... Nemophas trifasciatus Heller, 1919
Photo Gérard Chemin
-. Elytra with a single pre-median band and some conspicuous spots, 28–33 mm, Admiralty ... Nemophas ammiralis Schwarzer, 1931
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Francesco
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Posted - 15/02/2014 : 20:11:35
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5. Elytra nearly entirely covered with ochreous pubescence ... 6
-. Elytra at most with transversal bands of pubescence ...... 7
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Francesco
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Posted - 15/02/2014 : 20:18:35
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6. Elytral pubescence missing on shoulders and along the lateral margin, 25–45 mm, New Guinea, Solomon ... Nemophas tomentosus (Buquet, 1858)
Photo Gérard Chemin
-. Elytra with more or less distinguishable transversal hairless bands, 30 mm, Moluccas: Bacan ... Nemophas leuciscus Pascoe, 1866
Francis P. Pascoe's drawing, 1866
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Francesco
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Posted - 15/02/2014 : 20:20:18
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7. Head entirely covered with a light pubescence ............... 8
-. At most, only forehead covered with a light pubescence ... 13
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Francesco
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Posted - 15/02/2014 : 20:24:42
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8. Elytra covered with some conspicuous spots ... 9
-. Elytra covered with transversal bands of pubescence ... 10
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Francesco
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Posted - 15/02/2014 : 20:27:30
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9. Pronotum covered with a red pubescence, except for a longitudinal hairless black band; elytral spots whitish yellow, 26–46 mm, New Britain ... Nemophas benningseni Aurivillius, 1908
-. Pronotum uniformly covered with ochreous pubescence; elytral spots ochreous, 31-35 mm, Lesser Sunda: Sumba ... Nemophas sumbaensis Vitali, 2013
Photo Francesco Vitali, coll. Wolfgang Heinkel, Syntype
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Francesco
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Posted - 15/02/2014 : 20:29:59
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10. Antennae densely covered with a light pubescence, Philippines ... 11
-. Antennae without a light pubescence, apparently hairless ... 12
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Francesco
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Posted - 15/02/2014 : 20:31:14
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11. Head, scape, pronotum and ventral side covered with yellow pubescence, 24–38 mm, Mindanao ... Nemophas ramosi Schultze, 1920
Photo Gerard Chemin
-. Head, scape pronotum and ventral side covered with red pubescence, 23–32 mm, Samar ... Nemophas subterrubens Schultze, 1924
Photo Francesco Vitali |
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Francesco
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Posted - 15/02/2014 : 20:38:28
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12. Body pubescence coralline red, 28–32 mm, New Hanover, New Ireland ... Nemophas websteri Jordan, 1898
-. Body pubescence yellow, 31–40 mm, Sulawesi ... Nemophas rosenbergii Ritsema, 1881
Photo Gérard Chemin |
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Francesco
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Posted - 15/02/2014 : 20:41:50
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13. Pronotum covered with unicolour red pubescence ... 14
-. Pronotum covered with bicolour pubescence, black at base ... 16
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Francesco
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Posted - 15/02/2014 : 20:43:15
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14. Elytra covered with irregular transversal bands of red pubescence, 23–45 mm, Moluccas: Tanimbar, Kai ... Nemophas forbesi Waterhouse, 1884
Photo Gérard Chemin
-. Elytra hairless, at the most covered with small spots of ochreous pubescence ... 15
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Francesco
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Posted - 15/02/2014 : 20:47:57
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15. Elytra almost dull, covered with rough dense punctuation, 24–51 mm, Lesser Sunda: Timor ... Nemophas batoceroides Thomson, 1864
Photo Gérard Chemin
-. Elytra shining, covered with fine sparse punctuation, 25–45 mm, Moluccas: Buru ... Nemophas helleri Hauser, 1904
Photo Gérard Chemin
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Key to Nemophas Thomson, 1864
