Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Platypalpus cursitans
Posted by hedy2411 on 28-11-2011 21:25
#1
Can this Platypalpus fly be named...?
Found 10-5-2010 in Zeist, Holland
Edited by hedy2411 on 29-11-2011 16:01
Posted by Paul Beuk on 28-11-2011 22:14
#2
Might be
P. cothurnatus...
Posted by hedy2411 on 28-11-2011 22:25
#3
Nice, most of my Platypalpus flies are spec.s...
Thanks for your reaction Paul!
Regards,
Hedy
Posted by rvanderweele on 28-11-2011 22:32
#4
But the antennae are yellow. And the spurs seems to be quite sharp and not blunt.
Posted by hedy2411 on 28-11-2011 22:34
#5
...so it is no P. cothurnatus....B)
Regards,
Hedy
Posted by rvanderweele on 28-11-2011 22:36
#6
But a very nice photo any way
Posted by hedy2411 on 28-11-2011 22:37
#7
:@
Posted by Paul Beuk on 29-11-2011 11:36
#8
Sorry, I was digging up the name from my memory and it did not serve me well. I meant
P. cursitans.
Posted by hedy2411 on 29-11-2011 16:00
#9
Nice to have a name, thanks again for your reaction Paul!
Regards,
Hedy
Posted by rvanderweele on 29-11-2011 18:34
#10
Are you sure, Paul? Does cursitans not have a polished black abdomen grey dusting at sides? I do not see any thing of the black polish. Furthermore I have the impression that the middle femur is relatively too thick; in cursitans the middle femur is a bit thicker than the fore femur, while the specimen of the photo has much thicker middle femora. But again, I dare not say what it is. I find Platypalpus so difficult. Or am I wrong, Paul?
Posted by rvanderweele on 29-11-2011 18:50
#11
If you put a knife on my throat I'd rather say it is T. candicans
Posted by Paul Beuk on 29-11-2011 19:02
#12
I could not compare specimens. I know one has a somewhat darkened costa near the tip of the wing. That's the case here. So, if that is
candicans, then so is this species.
Posted by Paul Beuk on 29-11-2011 19:02
#13
BTW: I have not seen this character mentioned in keys or descriptions, I think.
Posted by Paul Beuk on 29-11-2011 19:05
#14
rvanderweele wrote:
I do not see any thing of the black polish
The abdomen has large greyish side-markings but I can also see the glossy median part.
Posted by rvanderweele on 29-11-2011 19:11
#15
But the cursitans I have here have relatively small greyish side markings (the problem is with "relatively", but also candicans has often the abdomen dorsally polished, I know.
Please, remove the knife! ;-)
Posted by Paul Beuk on 29-11-2011 19:48
#16
I may... later...
Posted by rvanderweele on 29-11-2011 19:56
#17
what a friend.....;-)
Posted by hedy2411 on 01-12-2011 22:12
#18
...can it help if I add this picture...
Edited by hedy2411 on 01-12-2011 22:13
Posted by hedy2411 on 01-12-2011 22:15
#19
...this picture is just for fun... as it looks to us as we are struggling to find it's name... :P :P