Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Platypalpus cf minutus, male

Posted by Elena Regina on 15-03-2021 01:21
#1
Lazio, 2021-III, WS 5 mm

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Conspecific of this one? https://diptera.i...d_id=99467

Posted by Paul Beuk on 15-03-2021 08:13
#2
... or australominutus. Requires examination of genitalia for ID.

Posted by Elena Regina on 17-03-2021 00:31
#3
P. minutus confirmed?

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PS: It would be interesting to read Grootaert's original description of P. australominutus B)

Grootaert, P. 1989 - Description of a new Platypalpus species, closely allied to P. minutus Meigen from Europe. - Bulletin et annales de la Soc. royale belge d'entomologie, 125: 5 pp., 10 figs.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 17-03-2021 08:46
#4
I tend to agree but difficult to say without further preparation.