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Pharaonus caucasicus (Reitter, 1893) - Scarabaeidae
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Autore:  vahemart [ 04/09/2014, 9:35 ]
Oggetto del messaggio:  Pharaonus caucasicus (Reitter, 1893) - Scarabaeidae

Pharaonus caucasicus (Reitter, 1893)

Allegati:
Pharaonus caucasicus, Goravan, 2013.06.12 (01).jpg


Autore:  Glaphyrus [ 04/09/2014, 11:35 ]
Oggetto del messaggio:  Re: Pharaonus caucasicus (Reitter, 1893) - Scarabaeidae

Another nice species.
Why don't you write us something about his habitat and behaviour?

Autore:  vahemart [ 05/09/2014, 12:12 ]
Oggetto del messaggio:  Re: Pharaonus caucasicus (Reitter, 1893) - Scarabaeidae

Glaphyrus ha scritto:
Another nice species.
Why don't you write us something about his habitat and behaviour?

Yes, another nice and rare species :)
This Pharaonus in Armenia habitat in sands near Goravan, host plant is Calligonum polygonoides.
:hi:

Autore:  vahemart [ 05/09/2014, 12:12 ]
Oggetto del messaggio:  Re: Pharaonus caucasicus (Reitter, 1893) - Scarabaeidae

:ok:

Autore:  Honza [ 05/09/2014, 14:10 ]
Oggetto del messaggio:  Re: Pharaonus caucasicus (Reitter, 1893) - Scarabaeidae

Identification key to the Pharaonus species
Note. Pharaonus lederi turcmenius is not included in the key below because the only known specimen has not been studied by the author.
1 (2) Pronotum and elytron bare, without macrosetae; protibia tridentate externally; body length: 10.4–11.2 mm; Levant, SE Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait. ........................................................... P. varicoloreus (Burmeister)
2 (1) Pronotum and elytron (at least around scutellar plate) bearing macrosetae; protibia bidentate (Fig. 1).
3 (4) Dorsal surface of head, pronotum and scutellar plate with considerably dense, whitish, recumbent macrosetation;
body length: 8.0–9.5 mm; deserts of Middle Asia. ...................................... P. semenowi (Reitter)
4 (3) Dorsal surface of head, pronotum and scutellar plate with more sparse, whitish or pale, erect or semierect macrosetation.
5 (6) Clypeus flat, margins not elevate; body length: 9.0–10.0 mm; Afghanistan, deserts of Middle Asia. .......... ................................................................................................................................ P. lederi lederi (Reitter)
6 (5) Clypeus weakly depressed medially, margins considerably elevate.
7 (8) Pronotal punctation fine, sparse, somewhat irregularly distributed, punctures separated by 2-3 their diameters; body length: 8.8–8.9 mm; Armenia, NE Turkey. ...................................................... P. caucasicus (Reitter)
8 (7) Pronotal punctation coarse, dense, almost regularly distributed, punctures separated approximately by their diameter.
9 (10) Dorsal surface of head, pronotum and lateral parts of abdominal ventrites with more dense, considerably long erect or semierect, almost whitish macrosetae; pygidium covered with long and dense almost recumbent
macrosetae forming two whitish spots near basis; aedeagus stout, broader, especially in lateral view (Fig. 3); lateral outline of parameres shallowly sinuate (Fig. 3); body length: 8.7–10.2 mm; Egypt, Libya, Sudan, Tunisia ................................................................................................... P. fasciculatus (Burmeister)
10 (9) Dorsal surface of head, pronotum and lateral parts of abdominal ventrites with less dense, not considerably long erect pale macrosetae; pygidium covered with considerably long, sparse, erect macrosetae concentrated laterobasally (not forming whitish spots) (Fig. 1); aedeagus slender, relatively narrow, especially in lateral view (Fig. 5); lateral outline of parameres broadly rounded (Fig. 4); female unknown; body length: 8.7 mm; Algeria (central Sahara). .............................................................................................. P. saharicus sp. nov.

Allegati:
Klapalekiana, 48 127–136, 2012
Klapalekiana, 48 127–136 2012.pdf [1.13 MiB]
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Autore:  vahemart [ 07/09/2014, 15:16 ]
Oggetto del messaggio:  Re: Pharaonus caucasicus (Reitter, 1893) - Scarabaeidae

Thanks!

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