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 Tenebrionid beetles from Crosica
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| nick upton |
Posted on 26-11-2010 14:30
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 819 Joined: 12.03.10 |
Can anyone suggest genera (and maybe even species..) for these 2 large, ground running beetles, Tenebrionidae I'm pretty sure. This first one was c 3cm found at 450m near a mountain stream on 4.6.10 The second one was on the coast in the southwest of Corsica, also c 3cms on 4.6.10 nick upton attached the following image:  [169.8Kb] Nick Upton - naturalist and photographer |
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| nick upton |
Posted on 26-11-2010 14:31
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 819 Joined: 12.03.10 |
Coastal species
nick upton attached the following image:  [189.65Kb] Nick Upton - naturalist and photographer |
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| libor |
Posted on 26-11-2010 19:21
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Member Location: western Bohemia Posts: 1276 Joined: 30.05.09 |
The first one is Akis sp. Libor |
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| nick upton |
Posted on 26-11-2010 19:50
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 819 Joined: 12.03.10 |
Many thanks Libor. You are correct for sure, and with your lead, I now I think i know the species. It seems perfect for Akis bacarozzo which is recorded in Corsica. Lots of good images and descriptions on the web eg. http://www.insecte.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=715 I think the other one may be a Blaps sp. Possibly Blaps gibba for which i have now found Corsican records and similar looking images. Nick Upton - naturalist and photographer |
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