Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Hybotidae -> Drapetis sp.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 30-01-2019 08:57
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Hi Lorin,

I missed Gianni's paper on the Tuscan Drapetis but requested a reprint. As to having difficulty identifying your specimen, welcome in the real world. :P
Drapetis can be quite variable when it comes to colour and using characters like the length of the setae on the antennal segments is not always quite as straightforward as it may seem. Male genital characters are still the best to identify spicies but we are working on getting some reliable satructural characters for the females as well. Patrick Grootaert and I know of at least two undescribed species so any additional material for our studies is welcome (especially males).
Mind you, males and females from the same date and locality / sample are not necessarily conspecific. I have had sample from a Malaise trap with at least four, possibly five different species.