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| Author | C. de Jong | | Title | A rectification in the genus Apriona |
| Journal | Zoologische Mededelingen |
| Volume | 18 |
| Year | 1935 |
| Issue | 14 |
| Pages | 267-268 |
| ISSN | 0024-0672 |
| Abstract | Some time ago when examining some Batocerini (Cerambycidae, Lamiinae) I was struck by the strange pattern of Apriona fasciata Rits. (cf. Ritsema, Notes Leyden Mus., vol. 20, 1898, p. 87) of which species our Museum possesses a single female specimen, the unique type (fig. 1). Especially the "five naked transverse bands" puzzled me because no indication of such a zebra-pattern is found in any other known species of the genus Apriona.
Examining the specimen very carefully I found out that these transverse bands were artificially produced by removing the yellowish scales from the elytra with a sharp object the marks of which are clearly seen under the microscope. This proves |
| Classification | 42.75 |
| Document type | article |
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