Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Elachiptera

Posted by John Bratton on 30-01-2015 16:53
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This keys to Elachiptera cornuta. However, my 1999 key says there is a second undescribed species near cornuta. In the original cornuta (Fallen) the male femoral combs have 40-50 setae in an irregular patch and the undescribed species has under 20 setae in two discrete rows. Other than being on the middle femora, I don't know where a femoral comb is. Is this it, towards the base of the dorsal surface? In which case, this specimen appears to have under 20 setae in two rows. Has this species been named yet please?

John