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| javig |
Posted on 28-06-2008 16:41
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 Member Location: Spain Posts: 222 Joined: 21.04.07 |
Sierra Nevada, Southern Spain, 2700 m. 28/06/2008 Thanks! |
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| Kahis |
Posted on 28-06-2008 17:48
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 Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1999 Joined: 02.09.04 |
It is a female anthomyid, which pretty much translates to a no: the females are still very poorly known in many genera.
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| Michael Ackland |
Posted on 29-06-2008 10:04
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Member Location: Dorset UK Posts: 680 Joined: 23.02.08 |
Kahis is right in that it is very difficult to name a female anthomyiid from a photo. But the locality and altitude of this specimen suggest to me that it could be a female Pegoplata granadensis Michelsen, 1989. Only known from the Sierra Nevada. In all Pegoplata species the dorsal setae on the hind tibia are arranged in pairs (2+2), and I think that is what I can see. The paper where this species (and 3 more new species described from Mt Hermon in Lebanon) is described is in Ent Scand. 19:489-501. They are all mountainous species. Did you catch any specimens Javig? |
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| Michael Ackland |
Posted on 04-07-2008 08:49
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Member Location: Dorset UK Posts: 680 Joined: 23.02.08 |
I asked Verner to look at this thread, and he replied that it is not Pegoplata granadensis, but possibly an undescribed species of Delia. I don''t have any specimens of granadensis, only the original description |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 04-07-2008 08:52
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Javier doesn't catch any specimens. He is against with that practics. Maybe I will go there in these holidays.  |
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