Posted by conopid on 07-05-2008 23:58
#1
Hi
I have keyed this a as female Rhaphium elegantulum. Does it look right?
Posted by Kahis on 08-05-2008 07:18
#2
Hmm, I'd leave that as
Rhaphium sp. It is not a typical
R. elegantulum.
As far as I know, single female specimens of the the larger
Rhaphium species are (for the time) essentially unidentifiable.
Posted by conopid on 08-05-2008 11:02
#3
Thanks Kahis. That would explain wht it was difficult to match it precisely to any of the descriptions. The key (Fonseca) worked well, apart from the hind basi-tarsi needing to be shorter than the second tarsomere.