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Hoplia argentea (Poda, 1761) - Melolonthidae - Greece
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Autore:  cosmln [ 12/12/2010, 23:37 ]
Oggetto del messaggio:  Hoplia argentea (Poda, 1761) - Melolonthidae - Greece

:hi:

i'm stuck with this Hoplia, and don't succeed to reach an end.
followed the key from Baraud, 1992 (in bracket the number from the key):
9 antennal article >
(6) claw of posterior leg without a split >
(7) median tooth of protibia going to the front >
(14) the small claw from anterior (and median) tarses without a split >
(15) pigidium and sternitae with more or less round scales >
(16) and here I'm ending with two species:
    graminicola - small claw from the anterior (and median) tarses almost invisible, is not the case and also this is a large one ~11mm, H.graminicola will be something like ~6mm
[list=]golovjankoi will be only in Ukraina and again a small species[/list]

I have done something wrong? is possible to help me? is there some new paper dealing with additional species of Hoplia?

this is the only male found, collected in north-east of Greece (41.315708/26.064153) in 19.may.2010, leg. Cosmin Manci.

Hoplia_s_C01387.jpg


Autore:  elleelle [ 13/12/2010, 14:41 ]
Oggetto del messaggio:  Re: Hoplia ? - Rutelidae - Greece

Good photo! Their claws look like the ones of Bradypus :D
An example of convergent evolution between very far species.
:hi: luigi

Autore:  Plagionotus [ 18/12/2010, 19:24 ]
Oggetto del messaggio:  Re: Hoplia ? - Rutelidae - Greece

Anyone can determine this?

Autore:  Glaphyrus [ 18/12/2010, 21:14 ]
Oggetto del messaggio:  Re: Hoplia ? - Rutelidae - Greece

The habitus match that of H. argentea, including furrow along the posterior claws... are you sure that there is no split on the small claws of median legs?

Autore:  cosmln [ 20/12/2010, 19:09 ]
Oggetto del messaggio:  Re: Hoplia ? - Rutelidae - Greece

Glaphyrus ha scritto:
The habitus match that of H. argentea, including furrow along the posterior claws... are you sure that there is no split on the small claws of median legs?


and off-course that you are right Marco.
the split is almost invisible comparing with romanian specimens of H.argentea... will post a pair in few minutes.

grazie

Later Edit: Hoplia is in Rutelidae (like in Fauna EU) or Melolonthidae (like in Baraud)???

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