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Syntormon pumilus?

This is the male beaten from the same shrub as the three females in my previous post. No sign of any brown spot in the wings. I have tentatively keyed this out as S. pumilus?

Once again, any help would be greatly appreciated.

Antony

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The males of S. pumilum (I believe there has been a gender correction to the name) has a number of long, stiff bristles on the underside of the front femur near the base. I cannot see these on your picture, and I think they would perhaps be visible if they were there. See figure 166 in Fonseca's handbook. Sorry to be so negative - I'm afraid I have no alternative suggestion from your picture.

Thanks Howard, your help is much appreciated. I will run it through the key again and see where I end up! I don’t consider your comments to be negative, I am sure I have the correct genus, the projection on the second antennal segment is very distinctive and points you to Syntormon very early on in the key. I should have time over the holiday to try again!

Antony

I have now had time to run it through Fonseca’s handbook and think I went wrong at the start! The hind tarsi are not simple, they have a pair of claws on the metatarsus. This coupled with a black font coda apart from the extreme apex points to S. denticulatus ( or should that now be denticulatum?).

Many thanks Howard for pointing me in the right direction.

Antony