Posted by Walther Gritsch on 28-06-2019 12:36
#1
Hello everybody :)
I need a second opinion on this one … At first I was quite happy to call it
Notiphila umbrosa but after having dissected the genitalia I'm more inclined to call it something else. I'm not sure what though. The slightly recurved epandrial processes don't look like the drawings in Drake (2001). They fit neither
umbrosa nor
riparia as I see it.
The specimen was swept from vegetation along canals on reclaimed land on the island Amager, Denmark, June 21st 2019. A second trip a few days later gave a couple new specimens together with more numerous
N. cinerea and a few
N. graecula.
Thanks in advance!
All the best,
Edited by Walther Gritsch on 28-06-2019 18:19
Posted by Tony Irwin on 28-06-2019 16:14
#4
Trust those first instincts! This looks good for
umbrosa to me. The genitalia fit within expected variation (bear in mind that your lateral photo is flipped compared to Martin's drawing).
Posted by Walther Gritsch on 28-06-2019 18:18
#5
Thanks, Tony. Yes, always trust first instincts ... This is then the first recording of the species in Denmark to my knowledge.