Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Lispocephala pallipalpis

Posted by Kjetil on 18-03-2017 11:01
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Using the RES's handbook, this one keys out as Lispocephala pallipalpis.
However, the following character in couplet 11/14 wasn't too obvious in my specimen:

"Hind tibia with a number of setulae on apical half of anterior face which are longer, stronger and more erect than those on posterior face."
I can see from previous posts on the forum that other records of pallipalpis with unmodified t3 have been made.

However, the fifth segment of all tarsi are all dark, which should exclude alma and falcuata. As pallipalpis have few records from Norway,
a second opinion nevertheless would be much appreciated.

Photos:
https://artsobser...age/741597

https://artsobser...age/741596

Last segment of tarsus 1 in the middle of photo, and also tibia 2:
https://artsobser...age/741595

Tibia 3:
https://artsobser...age/741594

Underside of end of abdomen:
https://artsobser...age/741593


The specimen was collected:

Date: 4th of March
Location: Bergen, Norway
Habitat: Found on a concrete wall nearby a broadleaf forest

Edited by Kjetil on 02-04-2017 14:30