Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Sphaeroceridae

Posted by Roger Thomason on 12-07-2021 10:20
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Looks like a species of Rachispoda . If so, possible to tell from a photo...or? Found on the shore of a loch in Shetland this month...

Posted by Roger Thomason on 12-07-2021 10:21
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Posted by Roger Thomason on 12-07-2021 10:22
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Posted by Tony Irwin on 12-07-2021 12:23
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I'll leave the ID to others - just wanted to say that's a rather nicely lit picture!

Posted by John Carr on 12-07-2021 14:35
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Tony Irwin wrote:
I'll leave the ID to others - just wanted to say that's a rather nicely lit picture!


I agree. When I look at Rachispoda under a microscope I strain to make out the inclinate bristles.

Posted by Roger Thomason on 12-07-2021 19:29
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Gee thanx Tony and John, some well deserved praise ~ long overdue... Grin Wink So it is actually Rachispoda. A new genus of Sphaeroceridae for my checklist here. Now all I need is a species name Smile
Edited by Roger Thomason on 12-07-2021 19:30

Posted by Paul Beuk on 13-07-2021 07:19
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Then better collect one. Wink