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 Lordiphosa?
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| djo |
Posted on 01-08-2021 17:14
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Member Location: Edinburgh, UK Posts: 191 Joined: 16.05.11 |
I think the male (top) might be Lordiphosa - is it possible to say which one? Is the female (below) the same species, or somethign else entirely (I think she's a drosophilid!). For scale, the long edge of the photo is exactly 1cm, Sorry the photos are not great, and one angle only - I was in a big hurray before they woke up! I do still have the flies (alive), and may be able to take better photos, if they survive the enxt 4 days while I'm away! djo attached the following image:  [76.36Kb] |
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| Jan Maca |
Posted on 02-08-2021 07:28
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Member Location: Posts: 1208 Joined: 25.03.10 |
The male is L. fenestrarum. The female is also Lordiphosa, looks more like L. andalusiaca, but still better picture of abdominal end (if possible) is needed for precise determination. |
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| djo |
Posted on 02-08-2021 08:05
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Member Location: Edinburgh, UK Posts: 191 Joined: 16.05.11 |
Fantastic! Thank you! Annoyingly I lost the female when transfering her to a new tube :o( They were both on the same courgette, so my suspicion is that they're the same species, unless the drosophilid fauna in my veg patch is hyper-diverse! I'll try to catch some more when I'm back home at the end of the week. Edited by djo on 02-08-2021 08:06 |
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