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| Alvesgaspar |
Posted on 25-08-2007 16:02
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 Member Location: Lisbon, Portugal Posts: 573 Joined: 24.08.07 |
I'm having trouble identifying this fellow for a longtime. The flower is a Carpobotus edulis (Hottentot Fig) and the place is near the coast. My best guess is a longhorn beetle (Cerambycidae), maybe a Acmaeops collaris, but it might also be a ground beetle (Carabidae family). Thanks for your help Joaquim Gaspar Lisboa Alvesgaspar attached the following image:  [86.56Kb] |
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| cosmln |
Posted on 25-08-2007 16:23
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 Member Location: Romania Posts: 956 Joined: 18.03.07 |
for sure is not Cerambycidae, Acmaeops collaris (also not another cerambycid). this is some kind of tenebrionid (or close). hope this helps you a little, cosmln Cosmin-Ovidiu Manci biology & photography ********************** http://cosmln.nature4stock.com - cosmln's place http://dragonfly.nature4stock.com - Dragonflies of Romania http://insects.nature4stock.com - just insects http://mybiosis.org/nature/portal.php?pagename=firstpage - a romanian flora & fauna database and not only ********************** DSLR Collecting Saves Lives! ********************** " Only after the last tree has been cut down, only after the last river has been poisoned, only after the last fish has been caught, only then will you find that money can not be eaten. " an old indian saying |
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| Alvesgaspar |
Posted on 25-08-2007 17:38
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Member Location: Lisbon, Portugal Posts: 573 Joined: 24.08.07 |
Thank you for your help. But a darkling beetle on a flower? Joaquim Gaspar |
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| Isidro |
Posted on 25-08-2007 18:40
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Member Location: Zaragoza, Spain Posts: 2087 Joined: 26.04.07 |
All right Cosmin. It's a family often considered as sub-family of the Tenebrionidae: Alleculidae. The genus is Heliotaurus and the species, hm.... it's a group of species very related, and very, very difficult to identify it with security. But the name Heliotaurus ruficollis is the most known. |
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| cosmln |
Posted on 26-08-2007 17:24
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Member Location: Romania Posts: 956 Joined: 18.03.07 |
Alvesgaspar wrote: Thank you for your help. But a darkling beetle on a flower? Joaquim Gaspar from what i know there are some species of tenebrionidae who can be found on flowers. cosmln |
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