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Photo #59934: Goliathus goliatus

Male

Goliathus goliatus

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Base gallery. Upperside. Pinned specimen.

Photo: Yuri Semejkin. Image without retouching at the website. Identified by: Evgeny Komarov. Tentative identification

Place of shooting/catching: Africa: Zaire

Photographer's comment: Taken from: Kemerovo Regional Museum of Local Lore. August 18, 2016

Comments on this image

10.09.2016 9:10, Yuri Semejkin

I quite admit it. This was not determined by a specialist. This is a private collection given to the museum. Some samples have no labels at all. Not even the country is known. On the one hand, I would like to know the names, but on the other hand, given the complexity, do I need to discount them on the site ? The photos were taken by my wife when she was there on a business trip, but she doesn't want to participate on the site, so I dropped them under my own name, with her consent.

10.09.2016 7:23, Evgeny Komarov Corrected data.

Goliathus orientalis / Confidently identified / Yuri Semejkin → Goliathus goliatus / Tentatively identified / Evgeny Komarov.

10.09.2016 7:21, Evgeny Komarov

Yuri! Most likely the wrong definition in the museum. I don't think orientalis has such a form. It looks like a typical G. goliathus. Provincial museums have a lot of "miracles".

10.09.2016 4:47, Vasiliy Feoktistov Corrected data.

Imago → Male.

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