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Protapion nigritarse

This species is apparently scarcer than the very similar Protapion fulvipes.


To my eyes the shape of the club of this individual looked better for fulvipes, seeming more elongate and widening more progressively. But the funiculus is clearly yellowy-orange right up to and including segment 8, and segment 8 itself is more elongate than it should be on fulvipes.

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Protapion nigritarse, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows (Norfolk, UK), 1st November 2021