Thread subject: Diptera.info :: [Peltacanthina (P.) sp. near mythodes] Platystomatidae from Ivory Coast

Posted by HDumas on 06-04-2020 14:41
#1

Hello,
Is it possible to identify this Platystomatid to genus?
www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/image/dos252/big/P4050041--.jpg
H. Dumas : Côte d'Ivoire : Man : -- : 15/09/2019
Altitude : 1200 m - Taille : aile: 6.7 mm
Réf. : 252371

Edited by HDumas on 07-05-2020 10:22

Posted by Nosferatumyia on 09-04-2020 11:44
#2

It looks to be a Peltacanthina, but I have neither good key, nor reference collection of the Afrotropical species

Posted by HDumas on 09-04-2020 13:13
#3

Many thanks Valery :)

Posted by HDumas on 07-05-2020 10:21
#4

Andrew Whittington dixit:
"This is definitely Peltacanthina (subgenus Peltacanthina). I've been working on a key to this genus, but it's a complex job to be sure. The closest that I can come is that this is near P. (P.) mythodes Hendel, 1914, although this is a southern African species and does not completely concur.

Thanks to all.