Homaloptera ID please

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Homaloptera ID please

Post by theonetruepath » Sat Apr 04, 2009 6:32 am

This is one of a group of (probable) Homaloptera orthogoniata I bought, but some of them are lighter in colour and smaller.

Just wanted to get opinions on whether they are in fact orthogoniata

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Post by Mad Duff » Sat Apr 04, 2009 7:41 am

Looking at the bigger high res photo I would say orthogoniata, you can see the scale keels on the head in profile which look like those of orthogoniata.
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