Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Hemipenthes - two species or one?

Posted by Piluca_Alvarez on 14-07-2014 09:12
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Theo, I cannot sex Hemipenthes through pictures in general terms :( However, in the case of H. maura, I have read this in Engel:

Die hellen Seitenstreifen des Mesonotums meist gelblich. Flügelzeichnung variabel; beim Maennchen endet meist der dunkle, hakenförmige Streifen, welcher die Diskalzelle distal umzieht, in der 2. Hinterrandzelle, während er bei den meisten Weibchen den Hinterrand des Flügels erreicht.

With my poor German, I think it refers exactly to the extension of the wingbar in both sexes. Can you confirm? If it is so, something else I know for sure ;)

Edited by Piluca_Alvarez on 15-07-2014 05:40