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Hycleus Hycleus<br /> <br /> <br /> Burkina Faso Burkina Faso,Geotagged,Hycleus polymorphus Click/tap to enlarge

Hycleus

Hycleus


Burkina Faso

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  1. View WildFlower's profile
    WildFlower
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    Although it looks somewhat similar, I don't think this is the correct species. The spots are not the same - it has fewer red patches and the antennae are yellow, not black.
    http://www.treknature.com/gallery/photo141146.htm
    This one could be the same, but the species is not specified.
    http://www.meloidae.com/en/pictures/25825/
    This Hycleus senegalensis looks like a close match too and Senegal is not too far from you, what do you think?
    http://aramel.free.fr/INSECTES11-16.shtml
    Although I found a discouraging comment... Meloidae: Hycleus, impossible d'aller plus loin sur photo, il existe 400 espèces en Afrique, qui sont toutes très variables.
    http://www.insecte.org/forum/insectes-du-burkina-conseils-vt25530.html
    We could either take a chance with the only photo of Hycleus senegalensis that there is or settle with Hycleus sp.     Posted 10 years ago
    1. View Oddfeel's profile
      Oddfeel
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      same than for the other one WildFlower, more than 400 african species, and the system jumped on the "Hycleus" word and didn't want me to be more precise...as you said the "Hycleus senegalensis" looks really close the one above... Posted 10 years ago
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        WildFlower
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        I found a couple of other collections of Meloidae, but they only add to the confusion. The ones that look more like yours are not specified and the ones identified as Hycleus senegalensis, although variable, have 2 spots on top of the elytra.
        http://www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/esp-page.php?genre=Hycleus&espece=senegalensis
        http://africacoleoptera.free.fr/meloidae_939.htm
        http://www.troglorites.fr/Senegal/Meloidae.html
        http://faune77.free.fr/meloidae_1698.htm         Posted 10 years ago

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Uploaded Dec 30, 2014. Captured in Sissili, Burkina Faso.
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