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Stephen Plummer |
Posted on 02-07-2013 19:02
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Member Location: Isle of Wight, UK. Posts: 29 Joined: 27.06.07 |
Found in open woodland on the Isle of Wight
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Stephen Plummer |
Posted on 02-07-2013 19:09
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Member Location: Isle of Wight, UK. Posts: 29 Joined: 27.06.07 |
And another view
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Stephen Plummer |
Posted on 02-07-2013 19:10
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Member Location: Isle of Wight, UK. Posts: 29 Joined: 27.06.07 |
One last view (sorry about the quality of the photos)
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von Tschirnhaus |
Posted on 08-07-2013 12:10
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Member Location: Bielefeld, Germany Posts: 431 Joined: 04.11.07 |
Chlorops scutellaris Zetterstedt , 1838, Chloropidae. [Synonyms: C. laevicollis Becker, 1910, C. freyi Duda, 1933]. This is one of the few very dark Palaearctic Chlorops species which can be misidentified with dark varieties of C. speciosus, C. rufescens or C. laccatus. Redescriptions were published by Nartshuk (1998). Ent. fenn. 9: 159, 171-2 in 153-183 and by Ismay (1999): Ent. mon. Mag. 135: 19-20 in 1-37. The large dark ocellar triangle (compare the image) is one typical character, a shiny scutum and dark tergites are others. Nothing is known on the larval habit, but von Tschirnhaus (Drosera 2007: 99-136) on p. 118 & 128 reported a series from the German dune island Mellum. I add here that it was swept in July exclusively on Agropyron junceum (Poaceae).
Edited by von Tschirnhaus on 08-07-2013 12:12 |
Stephen Plummer |
Posted on 08-07-2013 17:13
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Member Location: Isle of Wight, UK. Posts: 29 Joined: 27.06.07 |
That's really helpful - thanks so much. |
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John and Barbara I |
Posted on 19-12-2013 01:10
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Member Location: Posts: 11 Joined: 30.08.10 |
I think this is Chlorops meigenii. The scutum has some yellow coloration and the wings are very dark. I cannot see if the gena is produced as in scutellaris. Best wishes, John Ismay John and Barbara I |
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