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Posted by Juergen Peters on 16-12-2007 17:18

Hello!

Found today at -1 ?C under a piece of bark on the ground near forest (Ostwestfalen/Germany), length about 4-5 mm. Is it Chionea lutescens?

Portrait of the head:
http://www.foto-u...ens_W4.jpg

Edited by Juergen Peters on 16-12-2007 17:19

Posted by Zeegers on 16-12-2007 17:39

It's Chionea.

There are several species, with which I can't help you.

Great find!

Theo

Posted by Juergen Peters on 16-12-2007 18:09

Zeegers wrote:
It's Chionea.

There are several species, with which I can't help you.

Thanks, Theo! (BTW: I should have written "wingless Limoniid".)

According to "Entomofauna germanica" there are three Chionea species in Germany: C. alpica (only in Alps or other montane habitats as the name indicates??), C. belgica and C. lutescens. In my "Kosmos Insektenf?hrer" belgica is described as "dark brown" and the one on the photo there is indeed much darker than mine. So I hoped, that species and C. alpica - because of its distribution - could perhaps be excluded...

Posted by Juergen Peters on 17-12-2007 22:35

Hello, Tony!

Tony Irwin wrote:
Great pictures, J?rgen! Can we have one of these in the gallery?

Thanks! I will upload one or two (although I find, they are not so good). I think, better with a 'cf.' in the middle (or an 'sp.'?).

Posted by Gerard Pennards on 18-12-2007 16:46

Hello Juergen,
I showed the picture to Oosterbroek, and he said it is Chionea belgica after all. C. lutescens has more sturdy bristles on it's legs!
Btw, the other name is Chionea alpina, not alpica!
greetings,

Posted by Juergen Peters on 18-12-2007 18:36

Hello, Gerard!

Gerard Pennards wrote:
I showed the picture to Oosterbroek, and he said it is Chionea belgica after all. C. lutescens has more sturdy bristles on it's legs!

Many thanks! Then Paul will have to rename it, if he takes my pics to the gallery. I had uploaded them as Chionea cf. lutescens.

Btw, the other name is Chionea alpina, not alpica!

Right, I must have read too fast...