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 unusual female Bibio specimen
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| xylo |
Posted on 05-06-2013 16:04
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Hi all, any chanches to go further than Bibio sp.?!? [Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate), malaise trap, 29. V 2013] xylo attached the following image:  [181.69Kb] so long, xylo |
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| xylo |
Posted on 05-06-2013 16:04
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Member Location: Posts: 139 Joined: 21.08.04 |
close up wing:
xylo attached the following image:  [144.64Kb] so long, xylo |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 05-06-2013 16:56
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Administrator Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18888 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Yeap, well spotted Options are: venosus, reticulatus or nigriventris. Venosus is easy to check on spurs on tibia 1. Nigirventris is easy to check on the short antenna (flagellum with 5 segments only). My guess is that it is nigriventris. Theo |
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| xylo |
Posted on 06-06-2013 08:04
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Hi Theo, Many thanks for narrowing it down! Indeed, it is a specimen of B. nigriventris!!! so long, xylo |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 06-06-2013 09:15
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Administrator Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18888 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Great to hear ! ( I found 2 myself this spring, that's why I recognized it so easily) Theo |
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