Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Cecidomyiidae => cf. Lestodiplosis sp.

Posted by RamiP on 16-08-2021 18:07
#1
16.8.21 in Jyväskylä, Finland
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Edited by RamiP on 16-08-2021 19:58

Posted by John Carr on 16-08-2021 18:45
#2
Possibly Lestodiplosis.

Posted by RamiP on 16-08-2021 19:27
#3
Thanks John
We have only one: L. pallidicornis

Raimo

Posted by John Carr on 16-08-2021 19:49
#4
You probably have a dozen or more species. According to the original description (and as the name implies) Lestodiplosis pallidicornis has pale antennae. "Antennes d'un blanc sale, à peine brunâtres", compared to "entièrement d'un brun sombre" for the alternative in his key.

Posted by RamiP on 16-08-2021 19:58
#5
Thanks John
I take pallidicornis away.

Raimo