Thread subject: Diptera.info :: L. brevirostris ?

Posted by SteveNic on 10-06-2009 11:13
#1
Hi

Another robber from mid-Wales, seen in my garden on June 9th 2009. Upland area, surrounding habitat is a mixture of grazing land and mixed woodland. Is it an usually dark, male Leptarthrus brevirostris ?

Forgot to say length ~10mm

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Steve
Edited by SteveNic on 10-06-2009 11:41

Posted by Paul Beuk on 10-06-2009 12:01
#2
Hind tarsus fits that of that species.

Posted by SteveNic on 11-06-2009 11:35
#3
Thanks Paul,

It was the hind tarsus that made me think L.brevirostris, but none of the images or descriptions I could find showed it as being so black.

Steve

Posted by Paul Beuk on 11-06-2009 12:10
#4
It is very dark. Perhaps a little greasy...?