abscess beetles

Here are T-shirts from the Volgograd region
1. Meloe erythrocnemus from the vicinity of Volgograd. April 2009.
2. Meloe variegatus, Mikhaylovka, early May 2009
3. Meloe_proscarabaeus, Mikhaylovka, early May 2009
4. Meloe aenea, Volzhsky, 01.04.2009

This year I first encountered these wonderful beetles and immediately fell in love, although I don't really like the rest of the abscesses.

Pictures:

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Meloe_variegatus16.jpg — (208.54к)


Meloe_proscarabaeus7.jpg — (266.77к)


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Here is Mikey from the Volgograd region
This year for the first time encountered these wonderful beetles and immediately fell in love, although the rest of the abscesses slightly favor.

I like everyone. They show off, almost like daytime butterflies...
Current Milabris from Western Kazakhstan:

Pictures:

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Mylabris_calida_Mijaly_3_07.JPG — (65.67к)


Mylabris_crocata_Beineu_23_05.JPG — (129.74к)


Mylabris_fabricii_Mijaly_distrct_4_07.JPG — (123.73к)


Mylabris_geminata_Aktolagai_28_06.JPG — (67.31к)


Mylabris_intermedia_Dijar_23_0.JPG — (52.05к)


Mylabris_quadripunctata_Mijaly_distrct_3_07.JPG — (91.95к)


Mylabris_quatuordecimpunctata_Mijaly_district_27_06.jpg — (135.31к)


Mylabris_schrenki_Mijaly_3_07.JPG — (98.19к)

Let me add something to the theme as well. I apologize in advance for the outdated supraspecific taxonomy. There is someone to correct it

1. Meloe variegatus-Ocd. Volgograd, balka Otrada, 4.04.2010.


2. Meloe violacea-Volgograd region, Kalachevsky district, Don River bank ave. 18.04.2009.


3. Meloe aenea-Volgograd, 3.04.2010.


4. Meloe rugosus-Volgograd region, Kalachevsky district, Don River bank ave. 18.04.2009.


5. Alosimus chalybaeus - Volgograd region, Olkhovsky district, Polunino village district. 13.06.2008.


6. Alosimus collaris-Volgograd region, Ilovlinsky district, Bolshaya Golubaya River valley. 5.06.2005.


7. Mylabris sibirica-Volgograd region, Olkhovsky district, Polunino village area. 13.06.2008.


8. Rhampholissa steveni-Astrakhan region, Russian FederationDosang. 14.06.2009.


This post was edited by evk-05.04.2010 18: 18

What a strange pusilla. I have never seen any specimens that are colored otherwise than with stripes on the elytra.

What a strange pusilla. I have never seen any specimens that are colored otherwise than with stripes on the elytra.

Well, of course a mistake! When I signed it a long time ago, it was clearly "sealed"
This is with a 90% probability of Mylabris sibirica.

A little more Lower Volga abscesses.

1. Mylabris pusilla - Volgograd region, Mikhailovka district. 30.06.2004.

2. It is also located in the Volgograd region, Olkhovsky district, near the village of Polunino. 14.06.2008.

3. Mylabris calida-Astrakhan region, near Lake Baskunchak. 9.06.2005.

4. Mylabris fabricii-Volgograd. 7.08.2004.

5. Lydus trimaculatus - Volgograd region, Ilovlinsky district, Bolshaya Golubaya River valley. 4.06.2005.

6. Stenodera caucasica-Volgograd region, Kamyshinsky district, Shcherbakovskaya gully. 23.05.2008.

7. Cerocoma schaefferi - Volgograd region, Elton Lake district. 14.05.2009.

8. Zonitis praeusta-Near Volgograd. 15.07.2004.

9. Alosimus syriacus-Volgograd, June 2004.

Great photos! We also collect all the abscesses of the Penza region and there are quite a lot of them (who just wakes up to identify them?). At a glance, it is surprising to see a large difference in the size and color of the elytra - probably variability or ...???

Great photos! We also collect all the abscesses of the Penza region and there are quite a lot of them (who just wakes up to identify them?). At a glance, it is surprising to see a large difference in the size and color of the elytra - probably variability or ...???

I do not think that the definition of abscesses from the Penza region is at least somewhat problematic. Yes, and "quite a lot" is how much?
And the size and color, varying in an extremely wide range, is the norm for many genera of abscesses.

Yes, I also think that in the Penza region the species composition will be quite poor, with a maximum of 20-25 species. But, we are very interested in abscesses, because currently Sergey Shibaev is very sensibly studying the fauna of bees, and I have been interested in straight-winged ones for some time (of which I have already collected a lot)... So we will be extremely grateful in the definition of abscesses. We certainly don't collect C. schreberi or C. schaefferi in dozens at one point, I think there will be several hundred copies (don't forget. that we don't look for them on purpose - we take them along the way).

So we will be extremely grateful in the definition of abscesses.

So post a photo here. I think we will work together to determine that this is not Central Asia.