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e questo un'Agrilus viridis, vista la somigllianza con il mio "tipo" di viridis

L. = ben 8 mm.

Le foto sono doppie, ma l'esemplare è singolo

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Valerio V

Pare anche a me.

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

Intanto l'ho rinominato col cf...
La riporto a galla, così i bup.-ologi sono eventualmente in tempo a toglierlo

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Daniele

In questo caso penso si possa andare abbastanza sul sicuro, anche togliendo il cf.
Non mi ricordavo più di questa discussione.

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Maurizio Gigli
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Hi Valerio,

look under Your binocular on his middle thigh (medium femur) for sure - is on the back edge a series of small teeth ?
(look picture)
- agrilus has too elongated apex of elytra...

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Acmaeodera
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No teeth on medium femur

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Valerio V

viridis

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Acmaeodera
Acmaeoderini Orbis, Buprestidae, Scarabaeidae
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I think it's A. populneus because of its elongated elytra. Nine out of ten entomologists can not see the small teeth on medium femur (because of insufficient optics or magnification or because of looking from the wrong angle).
Good distinctive feature is the following:

- A. populneus: 1. and 2 abdominal sternites are grown together
- A. viridis: 1. and 2. abdominal sternites are not grown together

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Daniel

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I have tried again every angle, and from one of them, expecially on the right femur, I've seen the small teeth.
I think Aphodius is right.
Now I have to chek my other Agrilus named viridis to establish if at least this one is really viridis

Thank you

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Valerio V

Typical Agrilus populneus !
(teeth on femur are always very very small...)

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Acmaeodera
Acmaeoderini Orbis, Buprestidae, Scarabaeidae
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