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Pipunculus sp (Pipunculidae)
Susan R Walter	#1 Posted on 06-12-2008 19:20
Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06	Any chance of a full name for this nice Pipunculus sp pair? 5mm, from 21 May 2008, lowland (<100masl) central France, la Brenne, old oak wooded heathland. Female lateral. Susan R Walter attached the following image: [51.16Kb] Edited by ChrisR on 08-12-2008 15:43 Susan


Susan R Walter	#2 Posted on 06-12-2008 19:23
Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06	Female dorsal. Susan R Walter attached the following image: [64.35Kb] Susan


Susan R Walter	#3 Posted on 06-12-2008 19:23
Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06	Male lateral. Susan R Walter attached the following image: [45.14Kb] Susan


David Gibbs	#4 Posted on 08-12-2008 11:48
Member Location: Bristol, UK Posts: 833 Joined: 17.06.06	a good lateral view of the ovipositor would help. from what i can see i suspect this is Pipunculus elegans Egger, 1860


Susan R Walter	#5 Posted on 08-12-2008 16:05
Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06	Thanks David. I will soften her up and see if I can improve the view for you at some stage. Susan


Susan R Walter	#6 Posted on 21-12-2008 13:37
Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06	Does this help? Susan R Walter attached the following image: [102.65Kb] Susan


Christian Kehlmaier	#7 Posted on 28-01-2009 13:33
Member Location: Dresden - Germany Posts: 112 Joined: 19.07.04	Hi there, Dave's right. It is a female Pipunculus elegans Egger, 1860


Susan R Walter	#8 Posted on 28-01-2009 22:43
Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06	Thank you very much I am very pleased to have a definite ID for this pair. Susan