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 Various Diptera from Rhodes (Dodecanese,Greece) IV
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| entzi |
Posted on 09-08-2018 12:56
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Member Location: Posts: 54 Joined: 09.08.18 |
Hello I would like some help identifying this fly from Rhodes.
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| tristram |
Posted on 09-08-2018 13:16
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Member Location: Reading, UK Posts: 1333 Joined: 27.06.10 |
Minettia sp (Lauxaniidae) |
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| entzi |
Posted on 09-08-2018 16:30
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Member Location: Posts: 54 Joined: 09.08.18 |
Wow! Thanks a lot, it seems to be Minettia subvittata, the only species living in Dodecanese islands according to Fauna Europaea. |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 21-08-2018 20:06
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Why not tabidiventris?
Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| entzi |
Posted on 23-08-2018 09:51
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Member Location: Posts: 54 Joined: 09.08.18 |
Hello Paul. There is no record of M. tabidiventris from Rhodes, Greece according to the Fauna Europaea site. Do you think it s more likely to be M. tabidiventris ? |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 23-08-2018 12:17
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Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
M. tabidiventris has no paler stripes on the mesonotum. This character is rather deceptive because the dusting may be palish while the underground is dark. Specimens in alcohol are a doddle, dry (and live) ones can be tricky. Genitalia are decisive, though. M. tabidiventris was recorded, a.o., from Greece (inc. Corfu), Macedonia, Turkey, Israel, Malta, Italy, etc., Edited by Paul Beuk on 23-08-2018 12:20 Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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