Posted by Stephen Plummer on 02-07-2013 20:02
#1
Found in open woodland on the Isle of Wight
Edited by Stephen Plummer on 02-07-2013 20:04
Posted by von Tschirnhaus on 08-07-2013 13:10
#4
Chlorops scutellaris Zetterstedt , 1838, Chloropidae. [Synonyms: C. laevicollis Becker, 1910, C. freyi Duda, 1933]. This is one of the few very dark Palaearctic Chlorops species which can be misidentified with dark varieties of C. speciosus, C. rufescens or C. laccatus. Redescriptions were published by Nartshuk (1998). Ent. fenn. 9: 159, 171-2 in 153-183 and by Ismay (1999): Ent. mon. Mag. 135: 19-20 in 1-37. The large dark ocellar triangle (compare the image) is one typical character, a shiny scutum and dark tergites are others. Nothing is known on the larval habit, but von Tschirnhaus (Drosera 2007: 99-136) on p. 118 & 128 reported a series from the German dune island Mellum. I add here that it was swept in July exclusively on Agropyron junceum (Poaceae).
Edited by von Tschirnhaus on 08-07-2013 13:12
Posted by John and Barbara I on 19-12-2013 02:10
#6
I think this is Chlorops meigenii. The scutum has some yellow coloration and the wings are very dark. I cannot see if the gena is produced as in scutellaris.
Best wishes,
John Ismay