Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Xanthogramma citrofasciatum?

Posted by ChrisR on 26-04-2007 22:46
#14

Hi Dieter,

I think the comment about 'splitters' was made more in fun than as a serious comment ;) If there is a good reason for splitting, based on stable morphological features and this is backed up, like you said by distribution or flight-period differences then I don't think anyone would have a problem with that. Perhaps we should be annoyed with nature for being so diverse! :D

Without giving too much away (I don't want to preempt your paper) can you tell us what kind of features split the 2 species? Will it be easy to construct a key? How much material have you examined and over what kind of range of distribution?

Chris R.