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una "grande" Acmaeoderella da Grecia, dimensioni ~3,5 mm.
raccolto nel sud della Grecia, Peloponese (37.854341/22.459604), in 24.maggio.2010, leg. Cosmin Manci.

se necessario faro un foto del genitalia

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Cosmin-Ovidiu Manci
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Hi Cosmin, two very similar species of this group occurring in southern Greece: Acmaeoderella seminata (Abeille, 1895) and A. circassica (Reitter, 1890). Very likely you've got A. seminata. You can check this paper by Sparacio: http://www.sssn.it/PDF/PDF%20Nat.Sic.%201%202006/Sparacio_35-42.pdf.
Bests, Clickie

thanks Andrea for this paper.

I have tried to take a look and:
- the antennae are not in one piece so...
- i'm not sure on genitalia
- the anterior claw is more or less like the one from A.normanna (for sure not like the one from A.seminata) - this will be a character for A.circassica (?)
- not checked the ventral part (is glued for now)

so I presume is more likely this to be A. circassica (Reitter, 1890)

????

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Acmaeoderella (Acmaeoderella) circassica (Reitter, 1890)

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

my thanks to both of you

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Cosmin-Ovidiu Manci
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cosmln's place - my blog
just insects
Dragonflies of Romania