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 A fungicolous Sphaeroceridae
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| Dmitry Gavryushin |
Posted on 18-09-2006 20:05
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 Member Location: Moscow region, Russia Posts: 3348 Joined: 17.10.05 |
Found en masse on or near old decaying fungi, mostly Agaricus cf. arvensis, 16.09.2006, size around 2mm. Dr. Jindrich Rohacek kindly identified this as Spelobia (Spelobia) parapusio (Dahl, 1909). He also notes, 'S. parapusio is a commonest (truly mycetophagous) sphaerocerid on fungi in Europe. In our latitudes this species usually is parthenogenetic, thus only females form populations here. I know of bisexual populations in southern Europe; rarely males were also found in England and Belgium'.
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| Dmitry Gavryushin |
Posted on 18-09-2006 20:09
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Member Location: Moscow region, Russia Posts: 3348 Joined: 17.10.05 |
A newly emerged (teneral) specimen. Regarding this specimen Dr. Rohacek writes: Your immature specimen ... looks like also to be male (but I cannot see the genitalia precisely) - if it is true, keep, please, the specimen for collection as it is an interesting record.
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| proctoss |
Posted on 19-09-2006 00:20
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 191 Joined: 12.08.06 |
Cool!  |
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| Dmitry Gavryushin |
Posted on 19-09-2006 11:40
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Member Location: Moscow region, Russia Posts: 3348 Joined: 17.10.05 |
Thanks Victor  .I sent one more image to Dr. Rohacek, and he confirmed the second specimen was a male - first record for Russia . |
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| crex |
Posted on 19-09-2006 13:27
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 Member Location: Sweden Posts: 1996 Joined: 22.05.06 |
Congratulations. As always - impressive photos! |
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| Dmitry Gavryushin |
Posted on 06-10-2006 12:42
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Member Location: Moscow region, Russia Posts: 3348 Joined: 17.10.05 |
Thanks a lot crex . |
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