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Poecilium wrzecionkoi Rapuzzi & Sama, 2010

Specie prossima endemica della Siria settentrionale, prossima a Poecilium pusillum (Fabricius, 1787).
E' stata descritta di recente nei Quaderni della Società per gli Studi Naturalistici della Romagna.

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Gianfranco Sama

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Gershom Sholem

P.wrzecionkoi-male,female-Paratype,I bought,I wonder whether Gianfranco Sama opinion that they are.
Male-wrzecionkoi-abdomen totaly is black.
Female-wrzecionkoi-abdomen totaly is red.
Thank you.Giannis

Hi Giannis,
according your picture is difficult to say anything.
I checked my specimens: male and female with black abdomen. Can you give ma the full details of their labels and the name of the person who has given you that specimens.
Best regards
Pierpaolo Rapuzzi

Hi Pierpaolo R.,both pieces of both female and male I bought from Mr.Antonín Wrzecionko.
To me,I bought the P.pusilum barbipes,they look like P.pusilum barbipes.
Paratypus both as the female,the male does not have yellow spots on the shoulders.
The elytra have the same colour as the P.pusilum barbipes.
Pierpaolo your opinion?
Thank you very much Giannis.

Hi Giannis,
the differences between pusillum barbipes (and inopinatum as well) and wrzecionkoi are shown in the original description:
" Differential diagnosis. Poecilium wrzecionkoi n. sp. is similar to P. pusillum pusillum (Fabricius, 1787) and chiefly to P. pusillum ssp. barbipes from Greece which has elytra with humeral, but reduced, light spot. These taxa differs from P. wrzecionkoi n. sp. by longer antennae, with first segment much more distinct- ly swollen apically, the 2nd one shorter, the 3rd shorter than 4th, pronotum shiner, more sparsely punctate and without distinct microsculpture, elytra less distinctly wrinkled on the disc, with distinctly larger punctation, abdomen partly (male) or totally (female) reddish. The females of wrzecionkoi n. sp. are furthermore distin- guished by shorter antennae, elytra elongated and parallel sided and with finer and denser punctation which gives a mat appearance. The abdomen is totally black instead of partly reddish."
Best regards,
Pierpaolo

PS: the paratype labels are not the original ones....

Pierpaolo Hi friend.
Pierpaolo, thank you for the information.Thank you so much Giannis

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