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Platypalpus sp male id help
Elena Regina
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Lazio, 2020-X, WS 8 mm
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Edited by Elena Regina on 27-02-2021 16:20
Scias characterem non constituere genus, sed genus characterem.
 
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Platypalpus (Hybotidae)
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Elena Regina
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P. n. albocapillatus

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Alas, not albocapillatus because the arista is not white but black. Perhaps in the group with niger?

And yes, I saw the PM. I had to search a bit first before I could sent an email.
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Paul Beuk wrote:
Alas, not albocapillatus because the arista is not white but black. Perhaps in the group with niger?

And yes, I saw the PM. I had to search a bit first before I could sent an email.


Any results? Smile
Scias characterem non constituere genus, sed genus characterem.
 
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I did sent a mail to the account you use for Diptera.info, even before I replied in the forum...
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Elena Regina
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Thank you, Paul TumbsUp

Ominous genus! Extreme variability, even intraspecifically... Educated guess: P. minutus?

Cf. https://diptera.i...d_id=99776

https://v3.boldsy...xid=483352
https://v3.boldsy...xid=483252
http://www.spessa...nutus.html

web.archive.org/web/20210303015801if_/https://i.ibb.co/dKMXJnd/PA1169330.jpg
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Scias characterem non constituere genus, sed genus characterem.
 
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... or australominutus
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