Posted by Carlo Monari on 05-08-2014 11:32
#1
A friend of mine asked for the detrmination of this subjet. Photo taken by R.A.Pantaleoni at Padru, OT, northern Sardinia, on July 20th, 2002. Length 17,5 mm.
Subfamily Laphriinae?
Edited by Carlo Monari on 05-08-2014 12:30
Posted by Quaedfliegh on 05-08-2014 13:29
#3
This is interesting...... Keyed out to
Laphria benardi description fits perfectly including brownish third antennal segment. According to Engel known from Corsica. The species is now regarded as a subspecies from
L. bomboides and according to Fauna Europeae only known from French mainland(?)
It seems to me there is a lot of work to do in Southern europe and that is exiting.
Edited by Quaedfliegh on 05-08-2014 13:31