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Raccolto in ambiente aperto su terreno vulcanico.
E' possibile determinarne la specie?

Grazie!
Paolo

Sembrerebbe un Burlinius (fulvus, macellus et similia), ma 4 mm sono veramente troppi, considerando che normalmente sono grandi la metà.

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Maurizio Bollino

Maurizio, it is a member of different group than fulvus. Only few Burlinius species have strongly punctate pronotum. For me looks like Cryptocephalus ochroleucus.

Lech, obviously you are right!! Thank you

I discarded that possibility only because ochroleucus is reported as exceedingly localised, and Monti Sabatini are well out of its reported distribution. Anyway, we know that nothing is perfectly known, and this is true also with regard to the Chrysomelidae.

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Maurizio Bollino

Grazie Maurizio, thank you Lech.
Paolo

Dear Maurizio, dear Lech, the specimen belongs to Cryptocephalus (Cryptocephalus) sulphureus Olivier, 1808.
Pretty sure about this!



Davide

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"Non credo in Adamo ed Eva, credo nelle scimmie" (Ilaria, 8 anni)

Grazie Davide!
Paolo