Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Minettia longipennis?

Posted by Michael Becker on 03-12-2007 20:47
#1
I made this photo in summer near Kyoto. Could this be Minettia longipennis?

Thanks,
Michael

Posted by Xespok on 03-12-2007 20:58
#2
Well, this was considered to be M. longipennis. This is the most common Lauxaniid in the Kyoto area. However, the Lauxaniid fauna has been poorly described in Japan, and the number of species have increased threefold during the last couple of years. Also this Minettia has been split from M. longipennis, whihc has a Western Palearctic distribution. Unfortunately that is what I know. The Lauxaniidae guys in Japan did not respond to my letters a few years back. So probably better keep this as Minettia (Frendelia) sp.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 03-12-2007 23:28
#3
It does give a slightly different impression than 'our' longipennis.

Posted by Michael Becker on 04-12-2007 06:17
#4
Thank you for your answers.
I will still try it in a japanese diptera forum, but probably I have to label the photos then as Minettia spec.

Michael