Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Hybotidae - Platypalpus cf. minutus
Posted by tim worfolk on 11-07-2009 06:50
#1
This was taken a couple of months ago and then I forgot it, anyone recognise it?
18/5/2009; Devon, England
Thanks
Tim
Edited by tim worfolk on 15-07-2009 07:37
Posted by KWQ on 11-07-2009 07:38
#2
Wouldn't the dark legs and the early phenology suggest a
Platypalpus agilis-female?
Haven't got the temerity to make a certain statement from a picture, though.
Posted by tim worfolk on 11-07-2009 07:57
#3
I was thinking
Platypalpus too but didn't have the temerity to even suggest a genus! Many thanks.
Tim
Posted by Paul Beuk on 11-07-2009 08:00
#4
Mesonotum pollinose except for a median strip: suggests
minutus or
australominutus.
Posted by KWQ on 11-07-2009 08:16
#5
Now that you say it Paul, the coloration of the mesonotum really points strongly out to
minutus (this
australominutus is something that I, as a member of the "old-chvālan" (1973) tradition am totally unaware of:).
Posted by igor on 11-07-2009 09:42
#6
I'm agree with Paul, P. minutus is most probably, dark-legged form.
Igor
Posted by tim worfolk on 11-07-2009 10:41
#7
Many thanks to all of you for your input.
Tim