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Manticora imperator Mareš, 1976 - 60 mm

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Research Fields
Taxonomy, ecology, biomonitoring , faunistic of Staphylinidae

Che spettacolo!!!

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Saluti Mimmo

bellissima bestia Jan...adesso dovresti essere così gentile da postarci le foto della tua collezione di Manticora; credo che saremmo tutti strafelici di vederle.

grazie in anticipo.

Non ho completamente finito...........preparazione del nuovo materiale

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Research Fields
Taxonomy, ecology, biomonitoring , faunistic of Staphylinidae

...lo sapevo che mi facevi morire d'invidia...

awesome! Jan, where did You get those specimens from? J. Mareš says, that's extremely rare and only 12 specimens are known (10 males and 2 females)!

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"Whenever I hear of the capture of rare beetles, I feel like an old war-horse at the sound of a trumpet"

- Charles Darwin

new material from Zambia 12.2010

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Research Fields
Taxonomy, ecology, biomonitoring , faunistic of Staphylinidae

I mean M. imperator..

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"Whenever I hear of the capture of rare beetles, I feel like an old war-horse at the sound of a trumpet"

- Charles Darwin

I bought five pairs

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Research Fields
Taxonomy, ecology, biomonitoring , faunistic of Staphylinidae

Thanks Jan for an explanation. As I wrote before, I thought that's an "extremely rare species" and only 12 specimens are known (Jaroslav Mareš, Monograph of The Genus Manticora).

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"Whenever I hear of the capture of rare beetles, I feel like an old war-horse at the sound of a trumpet"

- Charles Darwin

Manticora: wonderful genus!! Although, I prefer live specimens, are spectacular predators

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Jan!
Here is my big collection of Manticora...only one from Tanzania
Is it a female of latipennis ?
48 mm

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O voi ch'avete li 'ntelletti sani, mirate la dottrina che s'asconde sotto 'l velame de li versi strani
(InfeRRno - canto IX - vv. 61-63)

I think it's Manticora latipennis Waterhouse, 1837

http://www.biolib.cz/cz/taxonsubtaxa/id55368/

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Research Fields
Taxonomy, ecology, biomonitoring , faunistic of Staphylinidae

Io credo, invece, che sia piuttosto una femmina di Manticora scabra Klug, 1849 - l'unico rappresentante del genere Manticora conosciuto dalla Tanzania meridionale che spesso viene erroneamente confusa con Manticora latipennis Waterhouse, 1837 la cui presenza in Tanzania non è mai stata confermata.

Manticora scabra - Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Republic of South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe

Manticora latipennis - Botswana, Republic of South Africa, Zimbabwe