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Trovato questo piccolo, coleottero lungo circa mm. 4, sotto corteccia di platano.
Appartiene alla famiglia Chrysomelidae Bruchinae?
Ciao a tutti
Leonida

Si riesce ad arrivare almeno al genere?

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Maurizio Gigli
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For me it is a member of the genus Bruchidius, the group of species with indistinct sexual dimorphism. Very difficult to identification, mostly by study of male genitalia and armature of internal sac. Acanthoscelides obtectus looks also similar and in southern Europe is occasionally collected outside store magazines but usually have darkened antennal segments 8-10 but specimen on the photo has whole apical segments pale.

Lech Thanks for the reply.
Thank you for Maurizio revived this old debate
Hello
Leonida