Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Morellia aenescens ?

Posted by peterbolson on 07-07-2010 21:40
#1

Found on hogweed today. Prosternum bare.
Peter

Edited by peterbolson on 07-07-2010 21:49

Posted by peterbolson on 07-07-2010 21:41
#2

another

Posted by peterbolson on 07-07-2010 21:42
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another

Posted by peterbolson on 07-07-2010 21:43
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last one

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 08-07-2010 20:18
#5

I don't think : the hind tibia doesn't seem very bent, I can't see neither the spine-like brisle beneath mid femur, neither the brush of setae on hind tarsus... and it has too much strong and long posterior setae on fore tibia : it is more likely M. hortorum.

Posted by peterbolson on 08-07-2010 21:47
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Thanks Stephane. I'm confused about the curved tibia. Gregor et al says it is the hind femur which is strongly curved in M.aenescens.
peter