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| DJHiker |
Posted on 30-06-2018 22:30
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Two species I believe to be Diogmites. This one is from the Peperpot plantation near Paramaribo. March 2018 Is species id possible? Number 2 in next thread.  |
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| Eric Fisher |
Posted on 02-07-2018 00:35
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Blepharepium cajennensis coarctatum - male. Looks just like a Diogmites but differs in lacking scutellar marginal bristles, venation & prosternum. All Blepharepium mimic Polistes wasps. |
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| DJHiker |
Posted on 02-07-2018 23:44
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Thank you for the id Eric. I see that you consider B. coarctatum as a subspecies of B. cajennensis (as in 1973 revision by Papavero and Bernardi ?). Most sources however still seem to consider them as being two separate species. Are they lagging behind for 45 years or is this revision still debated? |
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| Eric Fisher |
Posted on 10-08-2018 21:40
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DJHiker, Sorry -- seeing this late: I'm still following this 1973 revision, as I'm not aware of newer research on genus... Please advise me if I've missed something! (Some of S. Amer. species known to be extremely variable in coloration.) Cheers, Eric. |
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but don't see the image in the post.
