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Saluti,

# 5099 & 5100 captured in the same place on 15 mn. of interval.

Cne : Perroy (dépt. Nièvre - France) - 07.05.2012

A certain number of characteristics, easy to observe, directed me to Banchini, namely :
- The spiracles of first abdominal tergite placed between the base and the middle of the tergite.
- The dimensional characteristics of the veins of wings.
- The apex of clypeus with a median notch.
The prepectal carina being absent, I had to choose between Rhynchobanchus & Banchus.
.. The apical transverse carina of propodeum being absent, thus they are 2 Rhynchobanchus.
The coxae of ♂ are not black (black for flavopictus) & the face of ♀ is black (largely reddish for flavopictus).
Thus our 2 captures are bicolor (Captured also in Italy).

Thanks to F. di Giovanni (Eopteryx) to give his observations.

Ciao.
D & JP Balmer

Nice catches !

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Saluti,
Thank you for your appreciation.
Ciao.
D & JP Balmer