Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Clusiidae or Chloropidae ? Chamaepsila ephippium

Posted by Jocelyn Claude on 21-09-2022 16:30
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Hi, After examining this specimen under my bino, it is not possible that it is Chamaepsila unilineatas. The specimen has in fact one pair of dc (not two). There is a second, shorter dc (not a pair). It is not a true dc which has a 'button' at its birth. By studying the specimen in hand I can confirm that there is only one true pair of dc.
In the other hand the postpedicels are black (not yellow). If one follows the keys, one would logically end up with Chamaepsila ephippium (Zetterstedt, 1847). Examination of the terminala confirms this (picture here:https://www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/view.php?ref=307410).
JOcelyn