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 Dilophus clavicornus Skartveit & Kaplan, 1996
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| Alexandru Pintilioaie |
Posted on 26-10-2022 17:16
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Member Location: Romania Posts: 1019 Joined: 04.02.10 |
Hello, I found some specimens of this species swarming a few days ago in Romania, near the Black Sea shore. They are D. femoratus?
Edited by Alexandru Pintilioaie on 27-01-2023 11:01 |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 26-10-2022 21:13
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19126 Joined: 21.07.04 |
No, there are. clearly three rows of spines on front tibia, so it is febrilis or similar. You would need to study the genitalia. Theo |
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| Alexandru Pintilioaie |
Posted on 27-10-2022 09:37
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Member Location: Romania Posts: 1019 Joined: 04.02.10 |
Hi Theo, thanks for your message, I was thinking it's D. femoratus because of the orange front legs (they seems to be black in the other species). Is there any available key for Dilophus/Bibionidae for Europe? |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 27-10-2022 14:17
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19126 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Yeap,by Jean-Paul Haenni, I guess in a Swiss Journal Theo |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 27-10-2022 14:18
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19126 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Or Google my Dilophus borealis article, reference is in there. Theo |
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| Alexandru Pintilioaie |
Posted on 27-10-2022 19:13
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Member Location: Romania Posts: 1019 Joined: 04.02.10 |
I was looking in that paper, but I see that the Dilophus febrilis group is characterized by 2 rows of spines on the front tibia, not 3 like in my specimen. So I am a bit puzzled with this one ... I hope the next pictures will help to ID it.   |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 28-10-2022 07:49
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19126 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Well, I did count the apical ones and J-P does not, so his 2 and my 3 are the same. Genitalia look OK for febrilis as well, definiely NOT femoratus. Theo |
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| Alexandru Pintilioaie |
Posted on 27-01-2023 11:01
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Member Location: Romania Posts: 1019 Joined: 04.02.10 |
The 3 specimens that I have (including this one) were ID-ed as Dilophus clavicornus Skartveit & Kaplan, 1996, by Jean-Paul Haenni, afters examining the specimens. New specie for Romania  |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 27-01-2023 12:03
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19126 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Nice. Head looks very peculiar. Theo |
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| Alexandru Pintilioaie |
Posted on 01-04-2025 10:09
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Member Location: Romania Posts: 1019 Joined: 04.02.10 |
And here is a fresh paper regarding this new record from Romania, together with new records from France and Montenegro. https://www.nmnhs.com/historia-naturalis-bulgarica/article.php?id=000581000472025 |
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