Posted by ChrisR on 19-07-2010 11:35
#22
OK, I have had a quick look at Stephen's specimen this morning and I have to agree that the distinction between male
seperata and
multispina is a little 'marginal'.
The tuft of hairs (short and fairly dense) and the tergite dusting (very sparse and vanishing dorsally) lean towards
seperata but I wouldn't call the calyptrae 'dark brown', except for a small patch where it joins the body.
So, in the absence of a determined
M.multispina we'll call it
M.seperata, as Theo suggested. :)