Insect Stamp of Mauritius

Mauritius is the volcanic island surrounded by the coral of the size like Tokyo of the Madagascar island at the easternmost end of Africa in which it is further located about 855km and near the tropic of Capricorn east.
Four kinds (small sheet) of beetle stamps unified by the weevil from this Mauritius were issued in 2000.
One piece of memorial stamp sheet comprising four kinds of stamps on which a cicada was drawn was issued in 2002.

Mauritius
2000.3.29 Beetle Stamp
Weevil
Cratopus striga
(Curculionidae)
Weevil
Cratopus armatus
(Curculionidae)
Weevil
Cratopus chrysochloris
(Curculionidae)
Weevil
Cratopus nigrogranatus
(Curculionidae)


2002.6.12 Cicada Stamp
Floury Baker Cicada
Abricta brunnea
(Cicadidae)
Cicada
Fractuosella darwini
(Cicadidae)
Cicada
Distantada thomaseti
(Cicadidae)
Cicada
Dinarobia claudeae
(Cicadidae)


2016.6.6 Fresh Water Creature Stamps
Water Scorpion
Laccotrephes annulipes
(Nepidae)


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