Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Two different Antiphrisson spp. on Rhodes?

Posted by piros on 28-11-2022 15:13
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I realized that all hairs of the mystax of the "autumn" specimens are yellow. Using Engels key, this leads to Antiphrisson thalhammeri, which is considered to be a synonym A. trifarius. So the lighter autumn variant would simply be a color form of A. trifarius. But than it is interesting that all spring specimens I observed (4) look like "classic" A. trifarius, while all autumn specimens (3) belong to the thalhammeri form

I would greatly appreciate any opinion about this issue!

Greetins,
Henrik