Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Limoniidae, Libnotes (s.str.) of punctatinervis/neopleuralis/palaeta group (Hong Kong)

Posted by blackdogto on 06-05-2016 03:46
#1

Larvae were found inside rotten wood.

Edited by blackdogto on 06-05-2016 08:40

Posted by blackdogto on 06-05-2016 03:47
#2

photo2

Posted by blackdogto on 06-05-2016 03:47
#3

Photo3

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 06-05-2016 08:14
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Libnotes (s.str.) of punctatinervis/neopleuralis/palaeta group - a better view of venation might help.

Edited by Dmitry Gavryushin on 06-05-2016 08:14

Posted by blackdogto on 06-05-2016 08:39
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Thanks Dmitry Gavryushin!:)
Please see if this photo better.

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 06-05-2016 09:51
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Not much better, alas. Scutellum pale; if tip of R1+2 not longer than R2 (not clearly visible) it runs to praelata (although in de Mejere's description (as punctipennis) antennae are brown-black with pedicel and scape yellow, both rostrum and palpi yellow, too, (incl. Senior-White's decription as distincta) which is apparently not the case); if tip of R1+2 much longer than R2 it runs to punctatinervis (although upper pleural stripe is better defined).

Edited by Dmitry Gavryushin on 06-05-2016 10:17

Posted by blackdogto on 06-05-2016 10:57
#7

Thanks again for detailed explanation. :)
Seems a preserved specimen is needed to check it...

Posted by blackdogto on 07-05-2016 15:51
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Is this one better?

Edited by blackdogto on 07-05-2016 15:57