Posted by Eric Fisher on 07-06-2008 02:04
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Correct Isidro: this is a female Holopogon chalcogaster. Males of this beautiful species have many more yellowish hairs on the abdomen. This species has different antennae compared to other Holopogon (the tip is more truncate: see fig. 249 in Engel, 1938: 386) -- which is why it had been placed in its own genus "Pseudoholopogon" by Strobl (now considered a synonym of Holopogon). Please place these photos in the gallery.