Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Dolichopus?
Posted by Sundew on 15-02-2009 00:42
#1
Hi,
This nice Dolichopodid of last June looks, to me, not too different from a
Dolichopus plumipes. At least the name would fit to the hairy hind tibiae. Please confirm or correct!
Many thanks, Sundew
Posted by Sundew on 15-02-2009 00:43
#2
More pics.
Posted by Roger Thomason on 15-02-2009 01:40
#3
I think the antennae are the wrong colour for D plumipes.
Other than that...one for someone into Doli's
Posted by Sundew on 15-02-2009 12:00
#4
You are right, Roger. And the hairs should be on the tarsi of the middle legs. So it is definitely not
D. plumipes. What about
D. longitarsis? We need Igor's or Stefan's opinion.
PS. I had a
Dolichopus thread some time ago (
http://www.dipter...d_id=13103) where Igor put a question mark to
D. plumipes. This seems very justified indeed, as the peculiar foot hairs are missing. Or is the antenna colour more important than the name-giving black setae?
Edited by Sundew on 15-02-2009 12:12
Posted by lagura on 15-02-2009 12:32
#5
What about D. claviger?
Posted by Stefan Naglis on 15-02-2009 14:14
#6
From what I can see on the photos it seems to be a male but without modified tarsomeres, therefore it is not plumipes. The species belongs to the Group III according to Parent 1938.
Edited by Stefan Naglis on 15-02-2009 14:26