Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Calliopum? --> Calliopum cf. simillimum

Posted by Paul Beuk on 05-12-2024 10:43
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The body colour in aeneum and simillimum is identical. If that had not been the case there would have been many more certain identifications of these species in the forum and elsewhere on the internet. It is mostly male genitalia and leg structure and female terminalia that lead to proper identification. From what I can see of the female terminalia in the last photo I am inlined towards C. simillimum...