Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Limoniidae ID ->Metalimnobia tenua/notata

Posted by Pentti Ketola on 07-07-2011 06:02
#1

Hi,
I take the photo on 4 July 2011 Kokkola, Finland.

Regards Pentti

Edited by Pentti Ketola on 13-12-2013 14:51

Posted by Pentti Ketola on 07-07-2011 06:02
#2

collace.

Posted by clovis on 10-07-2011 11:24
#3

Maybe a Metalimnobia. Do you have any tibia and tarsal pictures?

Posted by JSalmela on 12-07-2011 07:52
#4

yes, it is Metalimnobia. Perhaps tenua, but this is not an identification! M. tenua is very similar to M. 4-notata; the best differences are in male hypopygium, especially in parameres (hypopygium should be KOH cleared if one wishes to have good identification). tenua is usually lighter colored than 4-notata, almost as light as bifasciata.

-Jukka Salmela

Posted by Pentti Ketola on 12-07-2011 10:48
#5

Thank you both!

Pentti