Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Xanthochlorus ? => Xanthochlorus tenellus (female)
Posted by Caillou on 13-07-2013 07:37
#1
Hello,
Could it be
Xanthochlorus tenellus ?
In Switzerland there is only another species,
X. ornatus, but that one should have a mostly dark mesotonum (
according to Igor Grichanov) whereas the one of my fly is mostly yellow like the rest of its body.
What do you think ? Thank you for your help !
7/7/2013, Vevey, Switzerland, near a river in a humid wood.
Size: 3.9 mm (body)
Edited by Caillou on 13-07-2013 19:51
Posted by Caillou on 13-07-2013 07:38
#2
Two more pictures:
Posted by Stefan Naglis on 13-07-2013 08:44
#3
It is
X. tenellus Wied. female.
Here is the data on the species from Switzerland:
Xanthochlorus ornatus (Haliday, 1832) GR, TI Keiser 1947: 177, Rampazzi 2002: 94
Xanthochlorus tenellus (Wiedemann, 1817) AG, GE, NE, TI Meier & Sauter 1989: 238, Rampazzi 2002: 94, Chandler & Negrobov 2008: 38, Naglis 2010a: 180
Posted by Caillou on 13-07-2013 19:49
#4
Wunderbar, danke schön Stefan ! (My German is terrible but this at least I can say...)
So yes thank you very much for the confirmation and the detailed info about the genus in our country !
But I'm not sure how to interpret this notation, does it say for instance that you (Naglis) have collected 180 specimens of
X. tenellus in 2010 in Ticino ?
Posted by Stefan Naglis on 13-07-2013 20:22
#5
Dear Caillou,
The references give the page number of the publications.
Stefan
Posted by Caillou on 14-07-2013 08:00
#6
Oh... as you can see I'm not familiar with this level of entomology so I sometimes ask silly questions... sorry and thank you for having answered it anyway !