date:17.09.2010
place: Romania, Bacau county, Moldavia
catch in Banana trap
the mesosternum :
habitus:
This specimen has on pronotum 2 interesting spots :
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| Autore: | alexaandru [ 30/12/2010, 8:57 ] |
| Oggetto del messaggio: | Potosia cuprea with the apical part of mesosternum bilobate |
date:17.09.2010 place: Romania, Bacau county, Moldavia catch in Banana trap the mesosternum : habitus: This specimen has on pronotum 2 interesting spots : |
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| Autore: | alexaandru [ 30/12/2010, 9:00 ] |
| Oggetto del messaggio: | Re: Potosia cuprea with the apical part of mesosternum bilobate |
Thank you Cosmin for the first 2 pictures 
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| Autore: | AdYRuicanescu [ 30/12/2010, 22:42 ] |
| Oggetto del messaggio: | Re: Potosia cuprea with the apical part of mesosternum bilobate |
This is Protaetia (Potosia) cuprea metallica or only metallica, I dont know it's status now. Well, in this species there are big variations in the shape of the mesosternal process. I have specimens with 2, 3, and 4 lobes, right cut, round convex or concave anterior margin and with asymmetric mesosternal processes. And this is more interesting, as an exception of the rule, the male genitalia differs too among specimens, even collected from the same location in the same day. That's why our ancestor Sergiu Panin has described a new species, Potosia bessarabica, that is in fact just a variation of P. metallica. |
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| Autore: | alexaandru [ 30/12/2010, 22:46 ] |
| Oggetto del messaggio: | Re: Potosia cuprea with the apical part of mesosternum bilobate |
Many thanks for this informations  
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