Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Clytocerus splendidus?
Posted by wilde on 04-05-2012 15:49
#1
Are these different specimens the mothmidge Clytocerus ocellaris?
April 2012 in my garden, Koudekerke, Netherlands.
Nr. 1
Edited by wilde on 29-10-2012 09:44
Posted by wilde on 04-05-2012 15:49
#2
Nr. 2
Posted by Gunnar M Kvifte on 04-05-2012 16:56
#3
Not unlikely. Do you have a detail shot of the antenna?
Posted by wilde on 04-05-2012 17:39
#4
Nr. 1
This specimen is collected and send to Louis Boumans. He told me that it's a male, but he has some doubts about the name. He thinks 1 wing spot might be missing for this species.
This is the best detail of the antenna I can provide.
Edited by wilde on 05-05-2012 15:44
Posted by wilde on 04-05-2012 17:41
#5
Nr. 2
This one is not collected. It escaped while making photographs, but it seems to me the same species looking at the wings, but the antennae are a bit different. Both with 16 segments?
Edited by wilde on 05-05-2012 12:26
Posted by Gunnar M Kvifte on 05-05-2012 12:49
#6
The antennae are characteristic for
Clytocerus. The second specimen is most likely a female of the same species - they have the antennae less distinct than the males. Louis has sent me your specimen already; I will slide-mount it the next time I am in the lab.
The
ocellaris group is kind of tricky; there are several species that are both clearly distinct and poorly characterized - a revision of at least the European species is necessary. I'll see what I can do.
Posted by wilde on 29-10-2012 09:46
#7
Gunnar M. Kvifte ID-ed the collected male as a Clytocerus splendidus, a new species for the Netherlands.