Hi Friends:
Does somebody know this species of Pelidnota?, do collect it to the light:

Paraguay: Dpto Itapúa:
Reserva Nat. San Rafael
24. I. 2009

Long: 3 Cmt.

Any help will be welcome:

My regards

http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=66&u=11144883

May be "Pelidnota cyanipes" ?

Saludos

Hello,

I think to Strigidia sp.
That will be more easy with eadeagus.

Alain

Hi Alain:
Thank you for your information !!, I believe that Strigidia had the careened elytrons, but in fact I don't know the key characters of the genera. Here there are some pictures of the aedeagus, the pictures are not very good but I believe that they will be useful,
Greetings

aedeagus dorsal view:
http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=67&u=11144883

Aedeagus ventral view:

http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=68&u=11144883

Aedeagus lateral view 1:
http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=69&u=11144883

Aedeagus lateral view 2:
http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=70&u=11144883

Hello,

In his last work, SOULA make a separation between Strigidia and Pelidnota, but the difference is the clypeus of female, and this difference don't exist in all the species !
I have look for this species in his work and I didn't find, perhaps it is a new species.
Better is to ask for him.

Regards.

Alain

It's Strigidia cyanipes well know from Iguazu

Bonjour Bouchard:

Merci pour l'identification!! .
les salutations