Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Limoniidae => Prionolabis sp. (female and male) (NW Spain)
Posted by Belen on 02-02-2013 21:10
#1
Deciduous forest (chestnuts, oaks, laurels ...). The area is located in northwest Spain, near the coast, temperate climate. 02 feb., 2013
Female
A few meters...is the same specie?
Male
Anybody know the species or genus? thanks in advance...
Edited by Belen on 09-02-2013 21:57
Posted by clovis on 07-02-2013 17:22
#2
Hi,
Those are
Prionolabis, female and male.
Only hospes is recorded from Spain, but it isn't this specie.
I would be really really glad to have some specimens in alcohol :)
Edited by clovis on 07-02-2013 17:32
Posted by clovis on 07-02-2013 22:51
#3
It is probably a specie to be soon named and publish, but male genitalia should be checked.
The author (Geoff Hancock) would also be interest in some specimens to use as paratype :D
Posted by Belen on 09-02-2013 21:55
#4
Wow, thank you! ;), I did not know where to start, it seems very interesting ... But not collect specimens, only take pictures, sorry, maybe I see them again if I return to the area...
Posted by clovis on 11-02-2013 22:25
#5
I hope you will :D
Posted by Geoff Hancock on 11-12-2013 11:38
#6
Dear Belen, Clovis and I were able to identify this and I am writing the article in a scientific journal which will include it as a new species. I would like to use one or two of your great photographs of the living fly. Can you give me permission to do so and any preferred credit line, please? It is nearly ready to go off to the editor, many thanks and best wishes
Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 26-01-2015 07:58
#7
An update:
Prionolabis pjotri sp. n. (Hancock et al., 2015: Zootaxa 3911 (2): 231-244)