Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tolmerus cingulatus, not Neoitamus

Posted by Quaedfliegh on 17-07-2014 20:52
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: ) n the Netherlands and in the UK the species is referred to as Machimus cingulatus. For quite some time it was known as Epitriptus cingulatus. I think research has revealed that ao things the female spermathecal resevoir in Tolmerus is shaped differently. The differences between Machimus, Neoepitriptus and Tolmerus are near to impossible to distinguish externally. Hence Valerio's "Machimus group". I've got to check literature on this subject again >Lehr, Dikow, Engel and probably others.