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 Suillia, dead (with tarsus details)
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| Sundew |
Posted on 19-01-2008 01:57
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 Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3931 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Hi, For a change, I show you another dead one from our window sill today. It is a well preserved Suillia that passed away rather recently. Did I photograph the right features for species ID? Many thanks, Sundew Sundew attached the following image:  [137.27Kb] Edited by Sundew on 30-01-2008 23:49 |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 19-01-2008 01:57
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3931 Joined: 28.07.07 |
More details. In the lateral view (top left), there is a long seta seen between the front and middle femora. Around this seta there were some minute dark hairs that are not recognizable in the picture. Sundew attached the following image:  [160.79Kb] Edited by Sundew on 19-01-2008 02:04 |
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| Andrzej |
Posted on 21-01-2008 09:26
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Member Location: Poland Posts: 2419 Joined: 05.01.06 |
Probably S. bicolor but the tooth on the fore tarsomere not seen  .Andrzej |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 30-01-2008 23:47
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3931 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Dear Andrzej, can you see that tooth in the following pics (I can't)? For orientation, arrows point to the forelegs. I looked as closely as possible to the fore tarsi but did not detect any special structure. So perhaps it is not Suillia bicolor... Regards, Sundew Sundew attached the following image:  [144.18Kb] |
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| Andrzej |
Posted on 31-01-2008 11:29
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Member Location: Poland Posts: 2419 Joined: 05.01.06 |
It is Suillia bicolor !  The second picture shows a small yellowish spine (or tooth) at the end of fore tarsomere of I tibia. Regards, Andrzej |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 31-01-2008 12:43
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3931 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Ahhh - now I see this tiny thing! Besides, I did not know which part of the tarsus is the fore tarsomere, i.e., in which direction to count them (from claws upwards of from tibia downwards). Now I learned the first tarsomere (e1, metatarsus) is the one connected to the tibia, and here is also the tooth. Many thanks, Andrzej! Till next Suillia, Sundew |
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