C.pyrrhogaster (Hiroshima Prefecture)

[TJ]

First gold-bellied C.p I've ever seen...

 

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[TJ]

They look to me like Sasayama race but I'm not aware of C.p.sasayamae being found as far west as Hiroshima Prefecture.

See map at:
http://de.geocities.com/cynops_register/Literatur/Sawada/Old_Date.jpg

One thing that could possibly explain this would be that they don't actually come from Hiroshima as billed...

 

[TJ]

That link to the Sawada map of C.pyrrhogaster races didn't work so here's the relevant portion: