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All males caught in this area (Western Romania), close to Hungary which the sister and vicariate species (Anthaxia (Anthaxia) nitidula (Linnaeus, 1758)) occurs. I have found a number of 5 males and a female. All males have red pronotum (signaticollis character), but without any black mark (nitidula character). The female is with red pronotum and black marks, like a typical signaticollis. I am not sure now if this is a hybrid, or just a variation.

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Ciao
Adrian

Ciao Adrian, non ho risposto prima non perchè non avessi visto questa discussione, ma perchè non so rispondere alla tua domanda.

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

No problem Maurizio, I think they are just a variation of A. signaticollis.

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Adrian