Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Pseudolyciella subpallidiventris group
Posted by hedy2411 on 05-03-2012 23:17
#1
Who knows the name of this fly...?
Found 15-05-2010 in Zeist , Holland
Edited by hedy2411 on 07-03-2012 10:50
Posted by javanerkelens on 05-03-2012 23:49
#2
I think Pseudolyciella subpallidiventris (Lauxaniidae)
Posted by Paul Beuk on 06-03-2012 12:23
#3
pallidiventris group female; I have never met anyone capable of telling females apart, but perhaps you can enlighten me? ;)
Posted by Mark-uk on 06-03-2012 14:49
#4
I'm with Paul on this one.
pallidiventris group
I think it
should be possible to separate females one day - but work is needed here.
Mark
Posted by Paul Beuk on 06-03-2012 15:59
#5
Well, actually I think the males are not always as clearcut as the illustrations with the descriptions pretend them to be. Relative lengths of the surstyli show some variation and that gives me an eery feeling as I think I had the three species from a single locality on a single day, too... But as Mark stated above, 'work is needed here' and I need to check that.
Posted by hedy2411 on 07-03-2012 10:52
#6
Hello Joke, Paul and Mark,
Thank you for making this topic!!
Regards,
Hedy
Posted by Jan Willem on 08-03-2012 13:25
#7
Yep, I have the same experience Paul describes, which makes me wonder if we are really dealing with more species or just one species with considerable intraspecific variation.
Posted by Paul Beuk on 09-03-2012 16:57
#8
I have suggested the latter for about twenty years... :D