Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Sepsidae for ID, N Spain--> Saltella sphondylii

Posted by Paul Beuk on 21-11-2011 17:11
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As a rule, smaller specimens are darker and may be either males or efmales, larger specimens are more yellow and more often females. There is no mentioning of the colour of the sutellum being sexually determined in the European key. The shape of the abdomen and the apparent absence of stout setae on the fore femora make me suspect this is a female.

For proper identification a clear lateral view (showing the pleura and the profile of the head) would be helpfull.