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Anche questo attirato dal bianco della macchina.
2mm

La checklist del forum non è molto aggiornata, mancano specie molto comuni come P. malavae. Qualcuno è in grado di aggiornarla?.
Cosa si può dire di questo piccolo?

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Roberto Vanzini

Aphthona sp. Very difficult to identification from only photo. Several similar species, male genitalia necessary to proper identification.

Ok, thank's a lot. If I find other specimens I will try to extract them. This is male?

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Roberto Vanzini

I think this rather a female. Sexual dimorphism is indistinct in many species, usually male has slightly more broad first segment of fore tarsi (females often have shallow impression on last abdominal sterite). See:

http://www.cassidae.uni.wroc.pl/Colpolon/aphthona.htm

but in Italy is more species from this group than in Central Europe