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Dopo il bellissimo Pigopleurus koniae (vd.viewtopic.php?f=11&t=22970) ho deciso di preparare qualcuno degli innumerevoli glafiridi turchi catturati. Se non mi sbaglio (spero che Marco confermi) questo è un maschio di Pygopleurus vulpes: è lungo circa 13 mm:

Confermo in foto l'edeago si vede quel tanto che basta da escludere che possa essere un koniae della forma "sbiadita", con cui può essere confuso. E comunque l'avevo osservato bene sul campo, con la lentina portatile.

Dimentica pure questo messaggio, ora vado a mettere nero su bianco la determinazione e te la spedisco per raccomandata

Marco Ho la determinazione giusta? (det.Nikodym)

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Research Fields
Taxonomy, ecology, biomonitoring , faunistic of Staphylinidae

Hi Honza, at least the first of the two females of P. vulpes bogoevski looks like P. humeralis, or less probably, P. apicalis. Did you ckeck for this species?

As for the subspecies: currently they are not regarded as valid, but this does not mean they are not. Simply I do not know enough this species to give a thorough opinion.

Thank you very much,yes Catalog Löbl,Smetana (2006),only Pygopleurus vulpes other synonima.

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Research Fields
Taxonomy, ecology, biomonitoring , faunistic of Staphylinidae

Intanto metto una foto di una coppia di Pygopleurus vulpes:

I was looking for vulpes' images in the forum, and have found this topic. I'd say that in this photo by Honza



only first and second specimen (from the left) may be respectively male and female of Pygopleurus vulpes, even if I have some doubts. The others are two females and one male of a different taxon, but definitively not vulpes. If Jan may kindly indicate the locality of all specimens, this would help to understand what they are.

Moreover these are two females of what most authors call Pygopleurus humeralis.

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Maurizio Bollino

OK Maurizio,
At the moment I can not, I'm in hospital

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Research Fields
Taxonomy, ecology, biomonitoring , faunistic of Staphylinidae

Hi Jan,
I hope you are recovering, or, better, that you are totally recovered.

Let us know

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Maurizio Bollino

Thank you, I have at home.Hopefully everything is okay.

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Research Fields
Taxonomy, ecology, biomonitoring , faunistic of Staphylinidae

Hi Jan,
thank you for the image. I'd say that N° 1 is vulpes. I am also quite sure that, if you compare the parameres of N° 1 with those of N° 5-6 (both are, most probably, the same species), you will find that they belong to another species, but definitively not vulpes.
N° 2 and N° 4 might be females of vulpes (but N° 2 might be also diffusus), while N° 3 (female) and N° 7 (male?) both belong to some turkish species (they may be conspecific or not), but they are not vulpes.

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Maurizio Bollino

Maurizio thank you very much for the information, it is evident that my collection Glaphyridae certain species necessary revision.

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Research Fields
Taxonomy, ecology, biomonitoring , faunistic of Staphylinidae

Dont worry! I am coming this summer.... but then you will not have any more a collection of Glaphyridae...