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Questo è uno strano (per me ignorante) tenebrionide cornuto che ho raccolto in un unico esemplare.

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Guido Sabatinelli
Museo di storia naturale, Ginevra, Svizzera
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Cryphaeus sp. (cf. punctipennis Gravely, 1915) - Tenebrioninae Toxicini

Ciao
Piero

3. Head of males with 2 glabrous supraorbital horns (genus Cryphaeus).
.......................................................................................................... 4.
– Head of males with a single glabrous medial horn (genus
Taiwanocryphaeus). ......................................................................... 9.
4. Antenna with 3-segmented club. ...................................................... 5.
– Antenna with 4-segmented club. ...................................................... 7.
5. Elytra with punctation in rows; China (Yunnan, Fujian), to date not in
Laos. ................................................................................ C. cavifrons
– Elytra with irregular punctation, not in rows. ................................... 6.
6. Pronotum distinctly wider than long and with protruding anterior
corners; China (Sichuan), to date not in Laos. ................ C. dissolutus
– Pronotum quadrate with rectangular, non-protruding anterior corners;
Laos. ....................................................................... C. kubani sp.nov.
7. Elytra with rows of punctures. .......................................................... 8.
– Elytra with irregular punctation not arranged in rows. ..........................
................................................................................... C. punctipennis
8. Pronotum with rough, partly confluent punctation; to date not in Laos.
................................................................................................ C. tenuis
– Pronotum with fine, separate punctation; also in Laos. ....... C. gazella

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Research Fields
Taxonomy, ecology, biomonitoring , faunistic of Staphylinidae

According to the key provided by Jan, it seems Cryphaeus punctipennis, as already suggested by Piero.