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 Xanthochlorus ? => Xanthochlorus tenellus (female)
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| Caillou |
Posted on 13-07-2013 07:37
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 Member Location: Vevey, Switzerland Posts: 112 Joined: 29.01.13 |
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) Caillou attached the following image:  [144.01Kb] Edited by Caillou on 13-07-2013 19:51 |
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| Caillou |
Posted on 13-07-2013 07:38
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Member Location: Vevey, Switzerland Posts: 112 Joined: 29.01.13 |
Two more pictures:
Caillou attached the following image:  [137.41Kb] |
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| Stefan Naglis |
Posted on 13-07-2013 08:44
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Member Location: Switzerland Posts: 738 Joined: 27.12.08 |
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 |
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| Caillou |
Posted on 13-07-2013 19:49
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Member Location: Vevey, Switzerland Posts: 112 Joined: 29.01.13 |
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 ? |
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| Stefan Naglis |
Posted on 13-07-2013 20:22
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Member Location: Switzerland Posts: 738 Joined: 27.12.08 |
Dear Caillou, The references give the page number of the publications. Stefan |
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| Caillou |
Posted on 14-07-2013 08:00
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Member Location: Vevey, Switzerland Posts: 112 Joined: 29.01.13 |
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 ! |
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