Thread subject: Diptera.info :: [Linnaemya picta] Linnaemya tesselans female ?

Posted by Christine Devillers on 28-10-2013 11:05
#1

Hello,

With those pictures, can we go to a female of Linnaemya tesselans ?
26-10-2013, Aywaille, Belgium

Thanks

Christine

Edited by Christine Devillers on 05-11-2013 10:25

Posted by Christine Devillers on 28-10-2013 11:06
#2

Pic 2

Posted by Christine Devillers on 28-10-2013 11:06
#3

Pic 3

Posted by Christine Devillers on 28-10-2013 11:07
#4

Pic 4

Posted by ChrisR on 28-10-2013 21:39
#5

That would be my guess but it isn't an easy ID from photos ;)

Posted by sd on 29-10-2013 21:27
#6

It looks a lot like the female L. picta I was seeing here in Suffolk in early October.
Steve

Posted by Christine Devillers on 31-10-2013 20:22
#7

Thanks,

Do you think it's rather Linnaemya picta because of red tibiae ?
Christine

Posted by sd on 31-10-2013 20:37
#8

That was my thinking, also the pale humerus.
Steve

Posted by ChrisR on 31-10-2013 21:06
#9

Hmm, it's got a bit more black stubble on its chin too ... I thought it only had pale hairs on the gena, so it does look a bit more like picta then :)

Posted by Christine Devillers on 03-11-2013 19:29
#10

Thanks Steve and Chris,

I saw in the key that picta has not an oval wart on the inside of the second antennal segment.
Is it possible to see this feature on these pictures ?

Posted by Christine Devillers on 03-11-2013 19:30
#11

Pic 6

Posted by ChrisR on 03-11-2013 21:50
#12

That doesn't look warty to me :)

Posted by Christine Devillers on 04-11-2013 21:30
#13

Thanks, so this would confirm that it is not tesselans.

Posted by sd on 04-11-2013 22:00
#14

Correct.

Steve

Posted by Christine Devillers on 05-11-2013 10:26
#15

Thanks a lot :)

Christine