Posted by John Carr on 04-01-2015 13:31
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Zeegers wrote:
Dear John
You are right with Dexiini. It doesn't look like Prosena siberita to me.
You have your own longtongues in the new world: Mochlostoma if I remember correctly. I would try to look there.
Theo
Mochlostoma would be an etymologically justified but code-unjustified emendation of Mocholsoma B&B 1889.
The native American long-beaked Dexiini I know of are
Prosenoides (with upcurved proboscis) and
Mochlosoma. There is also
Ptilodexia which is supposedly distinguished from
Mochlosoma mainly by having proboscis shorter than head height.