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2 specimens of a nice but tiny species, Philoctetes micans (Soria, Spain)

... -indet 6 Holopyga gorgozae 1 Holopyga ignicollis 2 Holopyga -indet 12 Philoctetes dusmeti 1 [imaged] Philoctetes micans 3 [imaged] Pseudomalus pusillus 1 Pseudomalus -indet 3 In total some >60 identified ...

... ID'd /Alex Edit: thanks for the H. monochroum confirmation, I keyed the Philoctetes male above to P. micans , it seems to fit well.

... be correctly ID'd, Chrysis andradei , Linsenmaier 1959, while the Philoctetes I'm much more unsure about. I get it to P. micans , Klug 1835 in Linsenmaier 1959, if I start keying in the Philoctetes key, but I'm not ...

... [LAT, adj.] = alike) + (- chrum = suffix derivated from Hedychum ) [m.] Philoctetes (from the mythological name of Philoctetes [GR]) Prochridium ... to bring, wear) violaceus (from violaceus, a, um [LAT, adj.] = violet) micans (from micare [LAT, pres. part.] = resplendent, brilliant) fuscipennis ...