Posted by philporter on 14-10-2010 14:00
#1
Could this be Thelaira nigripes? I think it keys to Thelaira OK (hairy antennae, very slight facial ridge, no petiole, narrow gena, vein 1 hairy), but there is only one long antero-dorsal bristle on one of the mid-tibiae (and that is broken indicating a good deal of damage) and I can't see the scar of where another would have been. Are there any other suggestions? By the way there is a distinct narrow bar of dense black between the post sutural acrostichals - could this be an identification feature?
Edited by philporter on 28-10-2010 10:15
Posted by ChrisR on 14-10-2010 14:29
#3
Yes, that looks fine :) Colouration on
Thelaira is a very unreliable feature and I have never been all that convinced by people that say that the dusting provides any more certainty - especially on older specimens :)