Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Clytocerus splendidus?
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| wilde |
Posted on 04-05-2012 15:49
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Member Location: Koudekerke, Netherlands Posts: 176 Joined: 13.09.06 |
Are these different specimens the mothmidge Clytocerus ocellaris? April 2012 in my garden, Koudekerke, Netherlands. Nr. 1 wilde attached the following image:  [61.48Kb] Edited by wilde on 29-10-2012 09:44 Albert de Wilde |
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| wilde |
Posted on 04-05-2012 15:49
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Member Location: Koudekerke, Netherlands Posts: 176 Joined: 13.09.06 |
Nr. 2
wilde attached the following image:  [70.9Kb] Albert de Wilde |
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| Gunnar M Kvifte |
Posted on 04-05-2012 16:56
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Member Location: Kassel, Germany Posts: 436 Joined: 18.08.09 |
Not unlikely. Do you have a detail shot of the antenna? |
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| wilde |
Posted on 04-05-2012 17:39
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Member Location: Koudekerke, Netherlands Posts: 176 Joined: 13.09.06 |
Nr. 1 This specimen is collected and send to Louis Boumans. He told me that it's a male, but he has some doubts about the name. He thinks 1 wing spot might be missing for this species. This is the best detail of the antenna I can provide. wilde attached the following image:  [148.38Kb] Edited by wilde on 05-05-2012 15:44 Albert de Wilde |
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| wilde |
Posted on 04-05-2012 17:41
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Member Location: Koudekerke, Netherlands Posts: 176 Joined: 13.09.06 |
Nr. 2 This one is not collected. It escaped while making photographs, but it seems to me the same species looking at the wings, but the antennae are a bit different. Both with 16 segments? wilde attached the following image:  [147.68Kb] Edited by wilde on 05-05-2012 12:26 Albert de Wilde |
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| Gunnar M Kvifte |
Posted on 05-05-2012 12:49
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Member Location: Kassel, Germany Posts: 436 Joined: 18.08.09 |
The antennae are characteristic for Clytocerus. The second specimen is most likely a female of the same species - they have the antennae less distinct than the males. Louis has sent me your specimen already; I will slide-mount it the next time I am in the lab. The ocellaris group is kind of tricky; there are several species that are both clearly distinct and poorly characterized - a revision of at least the European species is necessary. I'll see what I can do. |
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| wilde |
Posted on 29-10-2012 09:46
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Member Location: Koudekerke, Netherlands Posts: 176 Joined: 13.09.06 |
Gunnar M. Kvifte ID-ed the collected male as a Clytocerus splendidus, a new species for the Netherlands.
Albert de Wilde |
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