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male Fannia specimen>Azelia zetterstedti
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philporter |
Posted on 11-09-2018 19:29
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Member Location: Lincoln UK Posts: 554 Joined: 07.02.07 |
Can anyone make a suggestion about the identity of this Fannia male. It was caught in a malaise trap in an well-planted garden isolated in intensive arable farming in the English Lincolnshire fens in June this year. The wings are heavily shaded in brown.
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philporter |
Posted on 11-09-2018 19:30
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Member Location: Lincoln UK Posts: 554 Joined: 07.02.07 |
The thoracic dorsum is strikingly divided into the sub-shining anterior section and the heavily dusted posterior, the scutellum is similarly divided with the tip only dusted.
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philporter |
Posted on 11-09-2018 19:31
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Member Location: Lincoln UK Posts: 554 Joined: 07.02.07 |
The abdomen has segments 3+4 with fairly distinct paired spots divided by an interrupted dark central vitta.
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philporter |
Posted on 11-09-2018 19:33
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Member Location: Lincoln UK Posts: 554 Joined: 07.02.07 |
The only unusual feature of the legs seemed to be a stout blunt postero-ventral spine standing in a line of similar fine setae.
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philporter |
Posted on 11-09-2018 19:34
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Member Location: Lincoln UK Posts: 554 Joined: 07.02.07 |
The lower squama is produced beyond the upper, both dark brown.
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philporter |
Posted on 11-09-2018 20:33
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Member Location: Lincoln UK Posts: 554 Joined: 07.02.07 |
I should add that the spine on the 4th picture is on the mid femur |
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philporter |
Posted on 11-09-2018 20:33
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Member Location: Lincoln UK Posts: 554 Joined: 07.02.07 |
I should add that the spine on the 4th picture is on the mid femur |
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Roger Thomason |
Posted on 11-09-2018 22:50
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5247 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Looks more like an Azelia sp. |
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philporter |
Posted on 12-09-2018 11:21
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Member Location: Lincoln UK Posts: 554 Joined: 07.02.07 |
Many thanks Roger. Now that i re-assess the alignment of the anal vein area, I see that you are right; it is not Fannia but Azelia zetterstedti. I did think it looked a bit fancy for a Fannia! |
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