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Callirrhipis marmorea
Callirrhipis marmorea Fairmaire, 1878 (Ripiceridae : Coleoptera) Ann. Soc. Ent. France 47: 272 in Nature and Life in Southeast Asia III (Chujô, 1964) The male, length 14-16 mm, brownish gray, with strongly punctured above, antennae are flabellate at least half the length of the entire body and with the long and slender branches. Female, length 18 mm, black, smooth with fine pubescent above, antennae are serrate to pectinate about as long as the head and thorax taken together and have only short branches. The larvae are parasites of cicada nymphs.
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Spotted on May 6, 2013
Submitted on May 18, 2013
