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UK, Suffolk. Adjacent to wet fen. 11th June.
Size approx 7mm

I think this is Drino lota. Eyes have a few microscopic hairs, raised crossed apicals, orange palps, ocellars missing, just few black hairs behind postocular hairs.

Steve

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It certainly looks quite like Drino (I don't know anything else with no ocellars) ... though it would be best to check it and even run it against the Central European key in case it is another species :)

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I'm sorry to spoil the party,
but the ocellars are 'missing' because they are broken off, you can clearly see the pores.
Moreover, 'a few black hairs behind...' contradicts Drino lota, there should be none.

Theo

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Grr ... still, would be nice to see the specimen because it looks interesting :)

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Thanks for your comments Chris and Theo, not much chance of a party here as its 12C and raining - -good incentive to add extension tube to camera, sort out the lighting and take a series of photos for stacking:)

For me, there is no sign of ocellar bristles, just the ocelli themselves and a pair of post ocellar bristles. It will still go in the box to Chris though:)

Steve

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Drino lota should be ok., in all my specimens there is a row of black bristles behind the post-ocular row.

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Thanks Erikas, the T & H key says the black hairs can vary - we only have lota in the UK anyway. I realise Theo's argument was that it might not be Drino, rather than it might not be lota:)

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Clearly, I misjudged the photo

I mistook the postocular setae for ocelli, and therefore the ocelli for pores of ocellar setae. My apologies, the ocelli are indeed missing.


Theo

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Chris has now seen this specimen and confirms the id:)

Steve