Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Keroplatidae > Platyura marginata (male)
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| Stephen R |
Posted on 15-10-2010 12:41
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 Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2396 Joined: 12.06.09 |
7+mm, Yorkshire [EDIT: actually Lancashire - see below] UK, 29 May 2009. Would I be right to label this as male Keroplatidae? Any idea on genus? Stephen R attached the following image:  [109.04Kb] Edited by Stephen R on 16-10-2010 12:38 |
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| oxycera |
Posted on 15-10-2010 13:35
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Member Location: Barnsley, South Yorkshire Posts: 251 Joined: 31.12.09 |
I think you're in the right Family. I would have to check my collection to narrow it down. |
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| Stephen R |
Posted on 15-10-2010 13:44
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Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2396 Joined: 12.06.09 |
Thanks oxycera; the family is great to be going on with! |
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| oxycera |
Posted on 16-10-2010 06:34
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Member Location: Barnsley, South Yorkshire Posts: 251 Joined: 31.12.09 |
Mmm, nothing sems to fit really. I wonder if its one of the larger Sciarids? |
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| xylo |
Posted on 16-10-2010 07:26
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No it is not! Compare carefully wing veins with typical sciarid wing. R4 runs into R1: Platyura marginata (male) the only western Palaearctic species... so long, xylo |
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| Stephen R |
Posted on 16-10-2010 10:11
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Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2396 Joined: 12.06.09 |
Many thanks xylo and oxycera! |
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| oxycera |
Posted on 16-10-2010 11:20
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Member Location: Barnsley, South Yorkshire Posts: 251 Joined: 31.12.09 |
Stephen, do you have a locality for this specimen? It's a species I've never found. Cheers, John |
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| Stephen R |
Posted on 16-10-2010 12:36
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Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2396 Joined: 12.06.09 |
Now I look more carefully John, I see it was not Yorkshire (Grass Wood in Wharfedale) but the next day in Moor Piece Reserve, Bashall Eaves near Clitheroe. It's mixed birch and youngish oak on very wet ground (with pine on the drier bits) and there's plenty of dead wood lying around and lots of fungi. If you fancy coming over some time, I'll take you there. Send me a PM. |
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