Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Lonchaeidae -> cf. Lonchaea
Posted by Marion Friedrich on 19-05-2010 19:51
#1
Hello,
am I right with the family and is species ID possible?
(Photo: Germany, Saxony, 17. May 2010)
Greetings, Marion
Edited by Marion Friedrich on 20-05-2010 19:36
Posted by Marion Friedrich on 19-05-2010 19:53
#2
2nd photo
Posted by Iain MacGowan on 20-05-2010 10:48
#3
Hello Marion
Yes your photo is definitely a Lonchaeid, and almost certainly in the genus
Lonchaea . Unfortunately however most of the species in this family are only distinguishable by loking at rather subtle characters such as the distribution of setae or the structure of the genitalia - so apart from noting that this species has some yellow tarsomeres, long antennae and a relatively hairy scutellum I am afraid I cant definitely say which species it is --- unless you kept the specimen ???? .. Iain
Posted by Marion Friedrich on 20-05-2010 19:34
#4
Hello Iain,
thank you very much for detailed answering my question. I īll store the Lonchaeid in the genus with a cf..
The specimen is not available, because I did not collect.
Greetings, Marion