Posted by nick upton on 26-11-2010 15:30
#1
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
Posted by nick upton on 26-11-2010 20:50
#4
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.