Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Lonchoptera lutea female
Posted by Manuel Lopez on 04-03-2012 06:49
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Granada, S Spain. March 3, 2012.
Thanks !!
Edited by Manuel Lopez on 06-03-2012 18:15
Posted by Manuel Lopez on 04-03-2012 06:51
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Posted by Manuel Lopez on 04-03-2012 06:51
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Posted by Mark-uk on 04-03-2012 08:21
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looks like [i]Lonchoptera lutea{/i]
Posted by mossnisse on 04-03-2012 09:55
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L. bifurcata has 1 av bristle on distal part of middle tibia and 3 dorsal bristles on tibia 1 that i can't see on this pictures
Posted by Manuel Lopez on 04-03-2012 19:14
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Thanks to both :) ;)
Posted by Manuel Lopez on 05-03-2012 18:23
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Must be lutea, then.
This is a 100 % detail.
Thanks again
Edited by Manuel Lopez on 05-03-2012 18:24
Posted by Mark-uk on 06-03-2012 01:08
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fairly confident this is
lutea.
bifurcata is fairly common too, but doesn't seem to be photographed very much.
Look for
tristris in the autumn too, not uncommon on damp leaf litter (especially beech), but not seen this species photographed yet. slightly larger than typical Lonchoptera, and an even brown all over.
good luck
Mark
Posted by Manuel Lopez on 06-03-2012 05:26
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I'll do it, Mark
What sex is it, if you know from the pictures? And why, in that case, please.
Edited by Manuel Lopez on 06-03-2012 05:42
Posted by Mark-uk on 06-03-2012 10:30
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The one in you photo is female.
Lonchoptera, interestingly, have sexually dimorphic wing venation. the anal vein of the female ends in vein M4, in the male it ends in the wing margin.
In most species the males have fairly obvious genitalia
Edited by Mark-uk on 06-03-2012 10:31
Posted by Manuel Lopez on 06-03-2012 17:23
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Very interesting, indeed. Thanks.