Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Pogonota?
Posted by magnusp on 20-10-2012 12:07
#1
Scathophagidae from northern Sweden. Collected August 15 in a bog in a pine forest. Is this Pogonota barbarata? In the key I am using many species occuring in Sweden are missing.
Posted by Gunnar M Kvifte on 20-10-2012 12:28
#2
The
Pogonota barbatas I have seen have much more prominent beards on their genae. Which key are you using?
Posted by magnusp on 20-10-2012 13:26
#3
Thanks for your input. I am using Ball (2007), Key to the British Scathophagidae. I have to admit that this is the first time I am using this key so it would not surprise me if I am totally wrong! When comparing with images in the gallery it seems that males have much longer "beard" compared to females.
/Magnus
Posted by Tony Irwin on 20-10-2012 22:21
#4
This looks OK for a female
barbata
Posted by magnusp on 21-10-2012 11:47
#5
Thank you for the confirmation!
/Magnus
Posted by Gunnar M Kvifte on 23-10-2012 16:33
#6
Stupid! I did not consider the possibility that it could be a female!
Otherwise I think the most appropriate Scathophagid key for Northern Sweden is still Hackman (1956):
Hackman, W., 1956. The Scatophagidae (Dipt.) of Eastern Fennoscandia.
Societas Fauna Flora Fennica,
Fauna Fennica 2: 1-67
Posted by magnusp on 28-10-2012 12:59
#7
Thank you Gunnar! Now I have that key as well.
/Magnus