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Posted by Gordon on 25-10-2008 14:27

This 7 mm long bristless beauty is from Wetland Kerkini, Greece. Lake side, 30 May to 5 June 2007. I am sure lots of people will know this instantly.

Edited by Gordon on 25-10-2008 17:29

Posted by Gordon on 25-10-2008 16:59

Surprise is correct. Lauxaniids are bristly all over, this aught to be called blablabla nuda, it has no bristles anywhere, no P, no F, no ocellar, no IV, none on the thorax just about, it looks like it had a close shave somewhere.

But it was a nice surprise, so thanks.

Gordon

Edited by Gordon on 25-10-2008 17:03

Posted by Gordon on 25-10-2008 17:10

I'm not sure of anything, but both the species mentioned would be new records for Greece according to Fauna Eurpaea, so there is bound to be good news in time.;)

Posted by Gordon on 25-10-2008 17:24

I have been for a walk to the gallery room, and there I found two photos of Platycephala planifrons that look remarkably like this, one of them at least was determined by Paul Beuk.:D

I also found a photo of Trigonometopus frontalis, very similar, but with bristles and maybe some spots on the wings and much less obviously polkadot elsewhere, so I am going with the Chloropid.

Edited by Gordon on 25-10-2008 17:26

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 25-10-2008 18:09

and this is just hilarious:
http://zipcodezoo...lanifrons/

maybe some binge drinking? See carefully... and you will know why.

Of course this is clearly a chloropid. :) But it is nice to know that there are some lauxaniids can resemble a chloropid!

Posted by Gordon on 26-10-2008 06:41

#10

So according to Zipcode Zoo what I have caught 130 km from the nearest sea is a fly that thinks its a dung beetle and lives approximately 14 metres from the seashore.:(

How did you ever find this out Jorge.

Gordon

Posted by von Tschirnhaus on 18-05-2013 18:40

#11

Platycephala planifrons (Fabricius, 1798), Chloropidae. Species characters: The many punctures on the frontal triangle and scutum are dark and identical, the length of the projecting frons nearly equals the eye-length, and the shape of the 3rd antennal segment is typical. The different species are not always easy to distinguish and identification should be confirmed by checking the male genitalia after the article of Beschovski (1980): Acta zoologica bulgarica 15: 72-76. Larvae develop in reed stems resulting in the dye-off of the whole stem and all leaves above the single larva.