Forum Entomologi Italiani

V.2010, dimension 7 mm.

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"Whenever I hear of the capture of rare beetles, I feel like an old war-horse at the sound of a trumpet"

- Charles Darwin

Sorry Jan, but can you write more detailed notes about locality? Also in the others requests of identification. Greece is far from Poland, but you should write the locality as precise as others.

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Riccardo Poloni
La dignità degli elementi
la libertà della poesia,
al di là dei tradimenti degli uomini
è magia, è magia, è magia...
Negrita, Rotolando verso sud

What does the distance between Poland and Greece have to do with the topic?

Unfortunately don't have further details for Crete at the moment, but when I get it soon, I will surely add it. Don't worry about it.

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"Whenever I hear of the capture of rare beetles, I feel like an old war-horse at the sound of a trumpet"

- Charles Darwin

Anthaxia (Anthaxia) lucens Kuster 1852
Did you find on flowers?

Thank you. Need to ask my friend for Cretan details. I've been hesitating between lucens and candens.

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"Whenever I hear of the capture of rare beetles, I feel like an old war-horse at the sound of a trumpet"

- Charles Darwin

It's my opinion, too.

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Maurizio Gigli
http://utenti.romascuola.net/bups
http://bup.xoom.it/

The distance is VERY IMPORTANT. It's very important because we tend to give more detailed informations with places that we know well (in general close to home), and generic informations with places that we don't know welll, so, in general, far places.

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Riccardo Poloni
La dignità degli elementi
la libertà della poesia,
al di là dei tradimenti degli uomini
è magia, è magia, è magia...
Negrita, Rotolando verso sud

Why not Anthaxia candensiformis Novak, 2006?

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Maurizio Bollino

Riccardo as you might see from my previous posts I always give many details while asking for determination, Crete is an temporary exception. It doesn't make any difference whether it's close to my home or somewhere in Greece. The information should always be precise.

Hmm Anthaxia lucens or candensiformis

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"Whenever I hear of the capture of rare beetles, I feel like an old war-horse at the sound of a trumpet"

- Charles Darwin

Anthaxia (s.str.) candensiformis is absolutely different in habitus...
Its typical A.lucens, - as wrote right Georgi and Maurizio...

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Acmaeodera
Acmaeoderini Orbis, Buprestidae, Scarabaeidae
acmaeodera@seznam.cz
http://www.acmaeodera.cz

Thanks Ilja for confirmation .

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"Whenever I hear of the capture of rare beetles, I feel like an old war-horse at the sound of a trumpet"

- Charles Darwin