Posted by Susan R Walter on 08-05-2024 14:35
#1
A colleague posted these photos on our local online citizen science biodiversity recording site. She thinks the beast may be Eutolmus rufibarbis, but I think it might be Machimus chrysitus. I'd like a real expert to look at the photos and tell us where we went wrong :-) From central lowland France. June 2022.
Edited by Susan R Walter on 08-05-2024 14:41
Posted by JWV on 09-05-2024 19:44
#3
Hi Susan.
This is not a Machimus species but a species in the tribe Neomochterini. It could be a Neomochterus or Aneomochterus species but I do not know them. Best to collect these specimens and exmine the geniatalia.
Best, Jonne