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Posted: **08 Jan 2014 19:34**

Can the Sleeping Beauty :mrgreen:

be ID? Maybe Elampus spina? Can at least the genus be confirmed? Thanks in advance!! :ok:

On Thapsia villosa in area with mediterranean vegetation in the outskirts of Madrid on 08.06.2013.

Posted: **12 Jan 2014 18:18**

Hola Piluca!

Yes, the genus is confirmed :ok:

Unfortunately not all the main features are well visible in your specimen, the only one is the shape of the metanotal projection. Based on this character I would say spina too, but it would be better to examine the specimen ... :doh:

Ciao!
Paolo

Posted: **13 Jan 2014 00:55**

I guess it can be named Elampus cf. spina then :ok:

once more, Paolo!!

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