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 Melinda gentilis? => M.viridicyanea?
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Posted on 25-06-2021 18:45
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Melinda... gentilis? UK - 23/06/21 sbushes attached the following image:  [189.62Kb] Edited by sbushes on 27-06-2021 15:39 |
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| sbushes |
Posted on 25-06-2021 18:45
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Posted on 25-06-2021 18:46
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Posted on 26-06-2021 08:24
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I am too lazy to tell them apart,this is the one with short posterior tergites. Theo |
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| sbushes |
Posted on 27-06-2021 00:25
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Ok, thanks Theo! Not sure I can see difference in posterior tergite on Steven Falk's photos for the two Melinda sp in UK, so unsure which one that might be. But... he does mention that they can also be distinguished by the pre-sutural supra-alar bristles .... ( present in M.gentilis and absent in M.viridicyanea.) I thought they were visible in the first photo....but not so sure now - maybe I am mixing it up with notopleural setae(?) Palps also appear dark, so perhaps this is M.viridicyanea? M.gentilis https://www.flick...755262071/ M.viridicyanea https://www.flick...338966100/ Edited by sbushes on 27-06-2021 15:41 |
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