Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Beris geniculata female
Posted by jck on 01-10-2023 07:10
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Is this Beris fuscipes? County of Angus, Scotland on 05/08/2023.
James
Edited by jck on 02-10-2023 06:26
Posted by jck on 01-10-2023 07:10
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Posted by jck on 01-10-2023 07:10
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Posted by Zeegers on 01-10-2023 08:17
#4
Looks like it. No dorsal shot, to better estimate width of vertex ?
Theo
Posted by jck on 01-10-2023 12:21
#5
This is the best I can do.
James
Posted by Zeegers on 01-10-2023 19:33
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So, the hind metatars is dark, which made me doubt. And now the vertex really seems too broad for fuscipes. Also the shape of third antennal segment is off. So I think it is female B. geniculata.
Check Steve Falk's Flickr account on this
https://www.flickr.com/photos/63075200@N07/albums/72157632909648316/
Theo
Edited by Zeegers on 02-10-2023 07:35
Posted by jck on 02-10-2023 06:25
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Thanks, Theo.
James