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Meloidae Meloinae Mylabrini sp.
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Autore:  Fumea crassiorella [ 19/05/2018, 18:00 ]
Oggetto del messaggio:  Meloidae Meloinae Mylabrini sp.

Esemplare lungo 9.1 mm:

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Autore:  Marco A. Bologna [ 26/11/2018, 22:55 ]
Oggetto del messaggio:  Re: Meloidae Meloinae Mylabrini sp.

Potrebbe essere Mylabris djebelina, ma devo vedere il mesosterno.
Marco B

Autore:  mylabriss [ 15/02/2019, 15:03 ]
Oggetto del messaggio:  Re: Meloidae Meloinae Mylabrini sp.

I am sure it is a mountain form of Mylabris (Mylabris) tricincta. This form was described as ssp.nigrosuturata by Escalera (1914), but Pan & Bologna (2014) consider this morphotype as a variation of M. tricincta.
Why could I be so sure? Because Roberto sent me a sample :)

Autore:  Marco A. Bologna [ 10/03/2019, 18:55 ]
Oggetto del messaggio:  Re: Meloidae Meloinae Mylabrini sp.

Ok. Very complex species tricincta, which molecularly is variable ...
Marco

Autore:  mylabriss [ 12/03/2019, 13:10 ]
Oggetto del messaggio:  Re: Meloidae Meloinae Mylabrini sp.

What interesting news! Finally, good news about this species, in which I recognize at least three distinct major morphotypes and also some differences in their behaviour.

I quote a borrowed sentence:
"Our preliminary molecular phylogenetic studies (Pan et al., unpublished) on specimens from throughout Morocco, including some of its mountain areas, produced no evidence of distinct clades." (Pan & Bologna, 2014)

Autore:  Marco A. Bologna [ 17/11/2019, 21:00 ]
Oggetto del messaggio:  Re: Meloidae Meloinae Mylabrini sp.

Still my molecular study is in preparation.
Unfortunately my time for research is very few.
MB

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