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Okay...I want to hear some opinions from my Italian scarabcolleagues...so, where to put her ?

I advance an hypothesis........in my collection?

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Marco
"Le foreste a precedere le civiltà, i deserti a seguire."
François-René de Chateaubriand

I have the same in my collection, from Rhodos also.
Probably Bolbelasmus keithi Miessen & Trichas, 2011, described from Crete and Kasos islands.

Marco > you not the only one

George > I did put it next to my female of keithi and it is different ( head, clypeus...). Do you have a male from Rhodos ?

Thanks for the input !

yes, my unique specimen is male:
Rhodos, near Profilia village, alt. about 300 m., 02/V/1992.
Very similar to this (with a bit more matt color):
http://www.nhmc.uoc.gr/en/museum/photo- ... mage.96832

George, did you try to compare aedeagus ?

good...

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Tc70

Hi Zdeno - are U still alive??
Unfortunately, this specimen is a female, so, the identification will be very difficult...
What's its length (in mm)? In my opinion, it could be B. keithi, but also B. unicornis. I'm going to write you some private message.

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Daniel

Ἦν τὸ φῶς τὸ ἀληθινόν, ὃ φωτίζει πάντα ἄνθρωπον, ἐρχόμενον εἰς τὸν κόσμον. (ΚΑΤΑ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΝ, 1,9)

" Dane, unicornis je vyluceny. Bud to bude keithi alebo neco nove..."

Okay guys. Thanks for the opinions ! I have heard enough here/there , basically all I needed. Once again, thanks for the pm`s too !

Admins, please take all this off. I will make a new post, when "we" will know a bit more.

Ciao

I can say with certainty that it is Bolbelasmus nireus (Reitter, 1895). There is no other species on Rhodes - see attached pdf.

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Daniel

Ἦν τὸ φῶς τὸ ἀληθινόν, ὃ φωτίζει πάντα ἄνθρωπον, ἐρχόμενον εἰς τὸν κόσμον. (ΚΑΤΑ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΝ, 1,9)