Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Xanthogramma citrofasciatum?

Posted by conopid on 26-04-2007 22:54
#15

Hi,
Yes, this is to confirm that my comment was made absolutely in fun ;). I don't really have a problem with splitters, although sometimes I wonder how anyone decides there is more than one species involved! For example the Chrysis ignita group in the Hymenoptera: Chrysididae - they virtually defy identification!

Looking forward to Dieter's paper on Xanthogramma, even though it will mean more work identifying hoverflies, which as Dieter says are not an easy family, but are tremendous fun! Incidentally I found some Cheilosia ranunculi yesterday in dry grassland, just as the ecological split would predict. :)