Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Limoniidae; Limnophila schranki (was Eloeophila maculata?)

Posted by blowave on 14-11-2010 15:56
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Sorry to bring this up agian, but I have found the keys for these in another pdf I have for Limnophilinae.

It states that if the femora are black in the apical half grading into yellow basal half, that brings us to Limnophila schranki.

Femora with only black apical ring, otherwise yellowish takes us to 3 species, one being Limnophila arnoudi which looks to be most likely. From the key:

Tergite 9 less extended, no or only a small median notch. Inner style less bulbose at base. Sternite 8 curved at apex. Wing generally broader.

The other two are L. pictinpennis (genitalia with a broader style, wings generally broader) and L. angustipennis (style very narrow, wing usually very narrow.)

The wing venation looks to fit Limnophila arnoudi, with a slightly smaller dm cell but also the cross-vein between CuA1&2 is not complete on the other two and generally in a different place.

I'm still not sure about whether the cell dm matches L. schrankii better, or L. arnoudi, but in the later close up view the femora don't look to be black in the apical half. I though I should bring this up as there is a possibility it is L. arnoudi? If not, this is all good for awareness!

The wings.. where femora marked 2 is L. schranki.