Posted by Lavendel on 11-01-2026 13:59
#1
Netherlands, april 19the 2025 dunes forest
Collected:
Eyes bare
9 Anterior genal setae: forming a single row along mouth margin
18 Legs; Tarsomeres partly pale or brownish
31 Palps; of normal size
32 Calypteres; fringes white or yellowish
33 Calypteres; fringes of uniform length
34 Proepimeron; with several setae / setulae
Then I'am puzzeled, do the setea on the edge count or not?
35 a/ Orbital plate; bare, rarely (L. palpata) with 1 or more setula in addition to orbital seta 36
b/ Orbital plate; with ≥1 setula 39
a/ 36 Antennal postpedicel; orange / rusty on at least medial base 37
37 Anepimeron; bare palpata
b/39 Scutellum; margin without additional lateral setae anterior to usual lateral setae Legs; t1 yellow on dorsal surface
40 Antennal postpedicel; usually entirely black as are pedicel and lunule. Abdomen; 1st sternite with setulae on at least lateral margins subneatosa
Additional pictures: https://waarneming.nl/observation/345804165/
Edited by Lavendel on 11-01-2026 14:10
Posted by Iain MacGowan on 18-01-2026 18:28
#4
The orbital plate in your photo only has a strong seta - there are no accompanying hairs / setulae - so then on to couplet 36
In my latest version of the key - I have omitted couplet 37. If you email me I will send you the latest version (see private messages)
At this stage this specimen looks like L. peregrina
Iain