Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Pogonota?
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| magnusp |
Posted on 20-10-2012 12:07
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Member Location: Lund, Sweden Posts: 230 Joined: 07.08.12 |
Scathophagidae from northern Sweden. Collected August 15 in a bog in a pine forest. Is this Pogonota barbarata? In the key I am using many species occuring in Sweden are missing.
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| Gunnar M Kvifte |
Posted on 20-10-2012 12:28
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Member Location: Kassel, Germany Posts: 436 Joined: 18.08.09 |
The Pogonota barbatas I have seen have much more prominent beards on their genae. Which key are you using? |
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| magnusp |
Posted on 20-10-2012 13:26
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Member Location: Lund, Sweden Posts: 230 Joined: 07.08.12 |
Thanks for your input. I am using Ball (2007), Key to the British Scathophagidae. I have to admit that this is the first time I am using this key so it would not surprise me if I am totally wrong! When comparing with images in the gallery it seems that males have much longer "beard" compared to females. /Magnus |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 20-10-2012 22:21
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7353 Joined: 19.11.04 |
This looks OK for a female barbata
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| magnusp |
Posted on 21-10-2012 11:47
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Member Location: Lund, Sweden Posts: 230 Joined: 07.08.12 |
Thank you for the confirmation! /Magnus |
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| Gunnar M Kvifte |
Posted on 23-10-2012 16:33
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Member Location: Kassel, Germany Posts: 436 Joined: 18.08.09 |
Stupid! I did not consider the possibility that it could be a female! Otherwise I think the most appropriate Scathophagid key for Northern Sweden is still Hackman (1956): Hackman, W., 1956. The Scatophagidae (Dipt.) of Eastern Fennoscandia. Societas Fauna Flora Fennica, Fauna Fennica 2: 1-67 |
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| magnusp |
Posted on 28-10-2012 12:59
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Member Location: Lund, Sweden Posts: 230 Joined: 07.08.12 |
Thank you Gunnar! Now I have that key as well. /Magnus |
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