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Last Updated
20 April 2007
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Key to species of the Philoliche aethiopica species complex
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7. All legs similarly colored on proximal segments: coxae grey, lighter dorsally and with white hairs; trochanters black; femora orange. Posteriolateral margin of segments 4 and 5 with tufts of black or white hairs as follows: 4-white only, 5-black sometimes with white
--> rondani Bertoloni
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Photo: S.I. Morita
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-- Fore and mid legs similarly colored, hind legs different: Fore and mid coxae grey to pinkish-grey, lighter dorsally and with white and a few black hairs, trochanters black; hind coxa yellow, trochanters orange; Fore and mid femora orange, hind femur yellow, same as hind coxa. Tibia of foreleg and midleg lighter than femora. Hind tibia darker than hind femur with black hairs. Posteriolateral margin of segments 4 and 5 with tufts of black or white hairs as follows: 4-black and white, 5-black only. Third abdominal segment relatively lighter dorsally than the other abdominal segments. Proboscis usually two times greater in length than P. rondani. Only known from the Albany Centre of endemism
--> rondani ('Albany form')
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Photo: S.I. Morita
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Photo: SEL, USDA/ARS
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Copyright © 2007 S.I. Morita
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