Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Platypalpus pair.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 01-10-2012 15:51
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Quite baffling: Just running it through the keys they nicely settle with Platypalpus pallidiventris BUT...

The femora are darkeked, more conspicuously so in the male than in the famle and I have not been able to find intra-specific variation described that mentions darkening of the femora. However, the male genitalia are quite distinct and I am left with no alternative species.