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Salve,
... chi è costui?...
Grazie
Andrea
Dimensioni: 0,75 cm

Aphodius (Bodilopsis) rufus.

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Daniel

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Thank you very much,
Andrea

P.s: do you need some?

No, thanks a lot - this is very common species with large area of distribution.

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Daniel

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Ok, if you need the others i'll post tell me... I'm happy to give you for your kindness,
Thank you
Andrea

Thank you Andrea, so I'm interested in Aphodius (Calamosternus) mayeri from Corse - if you have collected more than 1 specimen (viewtopic.php?f=11&t=60403).

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Daniel

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I think i have... Tomorrow i'll take a photo of specimens i think to be A. mayeri... So you tell me if it's right and i'll send you happily...
Andrea

Thanks a lot Andrea!

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Daniel

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Is possible that there're some algiricus and/or granarius together?
Andrea

In Corse, there are only two species from the Calamosternus subgenus: A. (C.) mayeri and A. (C.) granarius. They differs by morphology of head (clypeus).

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Daniel

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here they are... the photo is not good, but are the same specie? the legs (femurs) are red...
Andrea

In Corse there is also Calamosternus algiricus (Mariani & Pittino, 1983).

Ciao
Piero

Costessèque (2005: Les Aphodius de France) doesn't consider A. (C.) algiricus a member of the French fauna. Whereas, Dellacasa & Dellacasa (2006: Fauna d'Italia) cite this species from Corse. Maybe this species really occurs in Corse.

In Dellacasa & Dellacasa (2006) is good key to species in Italian and English. I think these specimens are A. mayeri, but for sure it's necessary to identify each specimen separately using the key - it's not possible only on the basis of these bad photos.

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Daniel

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Ok, if you send me your address I'll send you the specimens?
Andrea

The presence of Calamosternus algiricus in Corse (and, of course, in the French fauna) is a sure thing:
“Haute-Corse, Casamozza (Aleria), 50 m, 21.X.1999, leg. Dellacasa M., 49 exx”
from Dellacasa M., 2004. Scarabaeoidea "Laparosticta" di Corsica. Atti della Società toscana di Scienze naturali, Memorie Serie B (Suppl.), 110 [2003]: 1-361, p.85
This quote has slipped Costessèque.

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Piero