Cerambycoidea Forum
Cerambycoidea Forum
Home | Profile | Register | Active Topics | Members | Search | FAQ
Username:
 Password:
Save Password
Forgot your Password?

 All Forums
 Cerambycidae Prioninae
 Macrotomini
 Zimbabwe: Macrotoma palmata ♂		  New Topic  Reply to Topic
 Send Topic to a Friend
 Printer Friendly
| More
Author Previous Topic Topic Next Topic  

dpotanin
Member Purpuricenus

Russia
186 Posts
Posted - 27/06/2018 :  12:34:13  Show Profile  Email Poster  Reply with Quote

295.56 KB

M. natala?
Zimbabwe, Matabeleland, 2016
57 mm
Edited by - Capitaine on 06/07/2018 14:24:18

Capitaine
Scientific Collaborator

France
1850 Posts
Posted - 27/06/2018 :  15:59:20  Show Profile  Email Poster  Reply with Quote
Natala has posteriors femurs strongly spiny on both sides. This doesn't seems to be the case of your specimen.
So, it could be palmata widely spread on southern and tropical Africa or hassoni (typical area: Angola).
Claude
Go to Top of Page

dpotanin
Member Purpuricenus

Russia
186 Posts
Posted - 27/06/2018 :  21:42:44  Show Profile  Email Poster  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Capitaine

Natala has posteriors femorae strongly spiny on both sides. This doesn't seems to be the case on your specimen.
So, it could be palmata widely spread on southern and tropical Africa or hassoni (typical area: Angola).

How can be differed these two species (palmata and hassoni)?
Go to Top of Page

africaone
Member Purpuricenus

Belgium
486 Posts
Posted - 27/06/2018 :  22:17:42  Show Profile  Email Poster  Reply with Quote
surely not hassoni. probably palmata (see also the RSa species coelaspis, very difficult to separate on habitus)
s'il n'y pas de solution c'est qu'il n'y a pas de problème ! akuna matata ....
Go to Top of Page

dpotanin
Member Purpuricenus

Russia
186 Posts
Posted - 27/06/2018 :  23:55:43  Show Profile  Email Poster  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by africaone

surely not hassoni. probably palmata (see also the RSa species coelaspis, very difficult to separate on habitus)

Thank you! Could you say how these species could be differed each other?
Go to Top of Page

Capitaine
Scientific Collaborator

France
1850 Posts
Posted - 28/06/2018 :  14:24:38  Show Profile  Email Poster  Reply with Quote
Close species, but on palmata internal side of third antenomere is clearly denticulated as on fourth to sixth joints (sometimes less obvious).
Antenal lenght is shorter on coelaspis in average but I have already noted fairly significant variations of this characteristic on palmata.
Claude
Go to Top of Page

dpotanin
Member Purpuricenus

Russia
186 Posts
Posted - 28/06/2018 :  21:28:14  Show Profile  Email Poster  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Capitaine

Close species, but on palmata internal side of third antenomere is clearly denticulated as on fourth to sixth joints (sometimes less obvious).

Exactly!


321.23 KB
Go to Top of Page
  Previous Topic Topic Next Topic  
 New Topic  Reply to Topic
 Send Topic to a Friend
 Printer Friendly
| More
Jump To:
Cerambycoidea Forum © 2000-08 Snitz Communications Go To Top Of Page
Powered By: Snitz Forums 2000 Version 3.4.07