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 Phasia aurigera also as var. obscura? (18.09.15) --> confirmed
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 24-09-2015 20:05
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 Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14350 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello, when I prepared a portrait of Phasia hemiptera for my forum, showing also the "non macho" form of the males of that species and looked at some of my current photos of P. aurigera, I noticed that there also seems to exist a "non macho" form. Or is this a different species? I had also observed different forms of males in P. obesa before, but not in P. aurigera before (and there is no var. obscura in the gallery). Juergen Peters attached the following image:  [104.27Kb] Edited by Juergen Peters on 25-09-2015 14:24 Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 25-09-2015 07:21
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19233 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Lieber Jurgen, VERY INTERESTING ! I have never seen this. Yes, you are totally right. It looks like a female aurigera, however, the golden crown on the thorax is male-ish as is the dark colour on the wing. Abdominal tip is male. So, you are right. Thank you. Theo |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 25-09-2015 14:23
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14350 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Many thanks, Theo! I found it also very interesting.
Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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