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[Peltacanthina (P.) sp. near mythodes] Platystomatidae from Ivory Coast
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Hello,
Is it possible to identify this Platystomatid to genus?
www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/image/dos252/big/P4050041--.jpg
H. Dumas : Côte d'Ivoire : Man : -- : 15/09/2019
Altitude : 1200 m - Taille : aile: 6.7 mm
Réf. : 252371
Edited by HDumas on 07-05-2020 10:22
Greetings from Provence
 
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It looks to be a Peltacanthina, but I have neither good key, nor reference collection of the Afrotropical species
Val
 
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Many thanks Valery Smile
Greetings from Provence
 
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Andrew Whittington dixit:
"This is definitely Peltacanthina (subgenus Peltacanthina). I've been working on a key to this genus, but it's a complex job to be sure. The closest that I can come is that this is near P. (P.) mythodes Hendel, 1914, although this is a southern African species and does not completely concur.

Thanks to all.
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