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Rhaphium elegantulum?
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Posted on 07-05-2008 23:58
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 Hi
I have keyed this a as female Rhaphium elegantulum. Does it look right?
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 Hmm, I'd leave that as Rhaphium sp. It is not a typical R. elegantulum.

As far as I know, single female specimens of the the larger Rhaphium species are (for the time) essentially unidentifiable.
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 Thanks Kahis. That would explain wht it was difficult to match it precisely to any of the descriptions. The key (Fonseca) worked well, apart from the hind basi-tarsi needing to be shorter than the second tarsomere.
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