Thread subject: Diptera.info :: coleopter

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 12-05-2007 15:31
#1
Which one? Smile


taken in Silgueiros - Viseu in the first week of May.
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 12-05-2007 15:34

Posted by Sergey Golubev on 14-05-2007 08:14
#2
Hi, jorge. It is desirable to know its body length. I try to suppose it is some close to weevils beetle of the family Rhinomaceridae or Anthribidae.
Best regards, Sergey

Posted by Frank Koehler on 14-05-2007 18:23
#3
This is Mycterus curculioides, family Mycteridae (former part of Phytidae). We don?t have photos of this species - stop - we don?t have photos of this family in our beetle gallery. It is impossible to support us with this or similar photos? Best regards Frank

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 15-05-2007 00:08
#4
wow! thanks. I authorize you to use this photo in your beetle gallery. Just put the name Jorge Almeida. And if you desire the location where I spotted this coleotper.

P?voa D?o - Silgueiros - Viseu - PORTUGAL (- Europe - Earth - Solar System - Milky Way - Local Group - ?? ) Grin

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 15-05-2007 00:09
#5
Sergey Golubev wrote:
Hi, jorge. It is desirable to know its body length. I try to suppose it is some close to weevils beetle of the family Rhinomaceridae or Anthribidae.
Best regards, Sergey


I forgot, but perhaps, somewhere about 7 cm? I don?t recall well the real size.
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 15-05-2007 00:09

Posted by Markus Gebel on 15-05-2007 15:46
#6
@jorgemotalmeida: CongratsSmile

cheers
markus

Posted by Isidro on 15-05-2007 15:56
#7
7 cm? Yo want mean 7 mm. Is true Mycterus, but the only exemplar of M. curculioides that I have seen was enterely black! Can be another species in same genus?

Posted by Frank Koehler on 15-05-2007 19:07
#8
Thank you very much Jorge!
Best regards
Frank

@Isidro: No, there are only two species in southwest europe, one with a long, and one with a short rostrum. What you have seen, could be a "senior specimen" ;-)

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 15-05-2007 19:21
#9
A nice find indeed Jorge Smile!

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 15-05-2007 19:32
#10
this keyboard! Cool

of course, that this could not be 7 cm! about 7 mm - 9 mm

Thanks, Markus and Frank!