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Può essere una Coptocephala linnaeana Petitpierre et Alonso-Zarazaga, 2000???

Ancona; 29.VI.2019; su finocchio selvatico

[grazie zio per le foto!!! ]

Maschio; dimensioni: 8mm



Femmina; dimension: 6mm



Ciao

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Giacomo

Yes, this is Coptocephala linnaeana (black legs, black labrum and deply incised upper margin of male mandible are characters for this species).

Grazie Lech!!!

Il record potrebbe essere interessante perché qui Renato diceva che abitava solo la fascia tirrenica
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Giacomo

Coptocephala linnaeana and C. scopolina kuesteri are very similar, especially females. I known that C. linnaeana was recorded only from the western part of Italy but male on your photo appears to have upper margin of mandible deeply excavate while in C. scopolina this margin is almost straight. Maybe this is my illusion because the photo is taken from oblique position. Please take a photo of head from lateral position so that we can see the upper margin of the mandible i n lateral view. It would indeed be interesting that the distribution range of C. linnaeana goes to the Marche province.

According to Jan Bezdek and Renato Regalin the proper name for C. linnaeana is now C. massiliensis Pic, 1914 (see p. 17 in the paper linked below):

https://www.researchgate.net/publicatio ... uis_Kocher

Controlleró

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Giacomo

Con tutta la buona volontà...l'anno di descrizione mi pare esagerato!

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Francesco Izzillo

La mia macchinetta è fuori uso. Dovrò farlo rifotografare allo zio.

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Giacomo

Bastano queste foto o serve l'aiuto esterno?













Ciao

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Giacomo

O'k, upper margin of male mandible straight. This is, however, Coptocephala scopolina not C. massiliensis.

Ok. Thanks

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Giacomo