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Questa secondo voi potrebbe essere la Protaetia splendidula Fald.?

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Guido Sabatinelli
Museo di storia naturale, Ginevra, Svizzera
http://www.glaphyridae.com
http://www.scarabeidi.it

Hi Guido

This pattern is very similar to P. splendidula, but I was confused by the fact that the process of mesothorax has a different shape than the P. splendidula.
I think that it is still P.splendidula
Note the fact:the concept of P. splendidula fairly wide and have yet to figure out how many taxa actually contains a concept?
Pay attention to the fact that: the concept of P. splendidula fairly wide and it is not known how many taxa contains of P.(s. lato) splendidula ?

For me, this a very close to red forms of P. splendidula diademata ...

Hmm .... I doubt this sample belonging to ssp. diademata ... in the ssp. diademata white spots are more advanced, the body is slightly narrower and the area lies mainly on Iran.
I am inclined to think that this is a rare aberration (the status of which remains to be seen, perhaps subspecies) P. splendidula splendidula ab. persplendens (Reitter, 1891).

Pierre Tauzin la identifica come
Protaetia (Potosia) splendidula persplendens Reitter 1891
Per favore cambiare il titolo.
Greazie Guido

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Guido Sabatinelli
Museo di storia naturale, Ginevra, Svizzera
http://www.glaphyridae.com
http://www.scarabeidi.it