Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Hybotidae - Platypalpus cf. minutus
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| tim worfolk |
Posted on 11-07-2009 06:50
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 Member Location: Devon, England Posts: 737 Joined: 05.05.09 |
This was taken a couple of months ago and then I forgot it, anyone recognise it? 18/5/2009; Devon, England Thanks Tim tim worfolk attached the following image:  [124.67Kb] Edited by tim worfolk on 15-07-2009 07:37 |
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| KWQ |
Posted on 11-07-2009 07:38
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Member Location: Turku, Finland Posts: 208 Joined: 10.12.04 |
Wouldn't the dark legs and the early phenology suggest a Platypalpus agilis-female? Haven't got the temerity to make a certain statement from a picture, though. |
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| tim worfolk |
Posted on 11-07-2009 07:57
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Member Location: Devon, England Posts: 737 Joined: 05.05.09 |
I was thinking Platypalpus too but didn't have the temerity to even suggest a genus! Many thanks. Tim |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 11-07-2009 08:00
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Mesonotum pollinose except for a median strip: suggests minutus or australominutus.
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| KWQ |
Posted on 11-07-2009 08:16
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Member Location: Turku, Finland Posts: 208 Joined: 10.12.04 |
Now that you say it Paul, the coloration of the mesonotum really points strongly out to minutus (this australominutus is something that I, as a member of the "old-chvàlan" (1973) tradition am totally unaware of . |
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| igor |
Posted on 11-07-2009 09:42
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I'm agree with Paul, P. minutus is most probably, dark-legged form. Igor |
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| tim worfolk |
Posted on 11-07-2009 10:41
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Member Location: Devon, England Posts: 737 Joined: 05.05.09 |
Many thanks to all of you for your input. Tim |
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