Hello Ross ! Are we the only two interested in Harpidae ??? To me Harpa
goodwini Rehder , 1993 is nothing but a very large geographical variant of
Harpa kajiyamai Habe in Habe and Kosuge , 1970 . Nobody will ever know why
Rehder , who had also described the latter  in 1973 , did not compare his
1993 "new "species with Harpa kajiyamai .According to me Harpa kajiyamai and
Harpa goodwini are  identical since they only differ by the size . Franck
Frydman
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From: "Ross Mayhew" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 8:15 PM
Subject: Oops!! Harpa goodwini Rehder, 1993


> I'm REALLY good at making myself look stupid!  The beast in question is
> actually Harpa goodwini Rehder, 1993 - and i guess the question would be
> is this generally recognized as a full species, or has it since been
> relegated to being a subspecies or regional form of another Harpa,
> seeing how variable members of the genus are.
>
> -JR