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 A stray Bibio lanigerus
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| John Carr |
Posted on 06-06-2023 19:15
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 Super Administrator Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 10643 Joined: 22.10.10 |
In 2008 and 2009 in Massachusetts, USA I saw some Bibio that I couldn't place in the regional key (Hardy, 1958). They almost matched Bibio vestitus but the posterior wing veins were dark. I assumed I had made a mistake in the key and forgot about them. This year I learned we have an introduced population of the European species Bibio lanigerus in northeast USA. It has been observed within ~30 km of the coast from New York City to New Hampshire. It is still outnumbered by native species of Bibio. John Carr attached the following image:  [106.37Kb] |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 06-06-2023 19:30
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19299 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Posterior veins are not dark in (our) lanigerus, somI am not totally convinced. That said, colour of these veins can be very tricky to determine on single pictures … Theo |
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| andrewsi |
Posted on 06-06-2023 21:27
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Member Location: Pocklington UK Posts: 216 Joined: 15.08.09 |
The hind basitarsus looks a little longer than I'd expect in a UK lanigerus. |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 06-06-2023 21:37
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Super Administrator Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 10643 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Are there any distinctive features of Bibio lanigerus, if I should collect a specimen? |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 07-06-2023 20:51
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19299 Joined: 21.07.04 |
lanigerus normally has yellow hairs on bith thorax and abdomen. otherwise, not many positive features. It is more like: lacking other characteristic features. But that is against an European background. I am totally ignorant as far as the Nearctic fauna is concerned. In the foto, the hairs on thoracic dorsum seem dark, which is atypical (but not unheard of) in lanigerus. Theo |
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