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 Sphaeroceridae. Lotophila atra ?
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| John Bratton |
Posted on 15-11-2017 12:10
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Member Location: Menai Bridge, North Wales, UK Posts: 642 Joined: 17.10.06 |
Collected 19 August 2016, Carex bed by a small pond in a business park, Bangor, North Wales.
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| John Bratton |
Posted on 15-11-2017 12:12
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Member Location: Menai Bridge, North Wales, UK Posts: 642 Joined: 17.10.06 |
It keys to this using the Pitkin RES Handbook, but it is based on absence of spurs and spines, never as convincing as presence of structures.
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| John Bratton |
Posted on 15-11-2017 12:13
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Member Location: Menai Bridge, North Wales, UK Posts: 642 Joined: 17.10.06 |
The specimen is in alcohol. Not as shiny black as some of the photos in the gallery.
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| John Bratton |
Posted on 15-11-2017 12:14
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Member Location: Menai Bridge, North Wales, UK Posts: 642 Joined: 17.10.06 |
No spur on hind tibia.
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| John Bratton |
Posted on 15-11-2017 12:15
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Member Location: Menai Bridge, North Wales, UK Posts: 642 Joined: 17.10.06 |
Another view, no spur.
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but don't see the image in the post.
