Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Sciomizidae
Posted by Cor Zonneveld on 24-06-2007 15:33
#1
Can someone identify this critter? Taken today in Holland, nutrient rich grassland with man-high vegetation, unless mowed down. This one was on a coltsfoot leave close to ground level. Size approx 7 mm.
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 24-06-2007 17:26
#2
Limnia unguicornis
Posted by Cor Zonneveld on 24-06-2007 19:45
#3
Thanks Nikita. I'd also posted this on a Dutch forum, which resulted in another name, Pherbina coryleti. Can this be a synonym? If not, what makes the distinction?
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 24-06-2007 19:56
#4
Not Cor, Pherbina coryleti isn't synonym, but misID, it looks totally different.
I attached image of Pherbina coryleti (also female) from Black's last year post, to compare.
Nikita
Soon I do force Black to put image of
Pherbina coryleti in the Gallery :@:@:@
Posted by Cor Zonneveld on 24-06-2007 20:57
#5
More thanks! I'll try to correct the suggestion...