Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Dolichopodidae ~ Rhaphium sp. [f]

Posted by Roger Thomason on 02-09-2022 08:41
#1
Found this one yesterday on the beach at Garths Voe, Shetland. One I haven't seen before. Crap photos [again] but possibly ID'able from them...
Edited by Roger Thomason on 05-09-2022 12:35

Posted by Roger Thomason on 02-09-2022 08:41
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Posted by Roger Thomason on 02-09-2022 08:41
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Posted by Roger Thomason on 02-09-2022 08:42
#4
4th and final...

Posted by Iain MacGowan on 02-09-2022 09:27
#5
Aphrosylus ferox ??

Posted by Roger Thomason on 02-09-2022 10:14
#6
Thanks for that Iain. I've had A.ferox before [a male] it looked totally different to this one, Sexual Dimorphism? Very distinctive antennae...
https://diptera-i...osylus.pdf
https://diptera.i..._id=101614
The only other Aphrosylus I've seen here was an assumed A.celtiber which I posted on here but never got a response...
https://diptera.i...d_id=49250

Regards

Roger
Edited by Roger Thomason on 02-09-2022 10:18

Posted by Igor Grichanov on 05-09-2022 07:58
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It is a female of Rhaphium.

Posted by Roger Thomason on 05-09-2022 12:34
#8
Thanks for that Igor, I've tried finding ones in the same location since I found this one, to no avail. Will keep looking but weather not the best ATM. There's supposed to be only one Rhaphium sp.on my list for here, but...
Had these examples in the past,
https://diptera.i...d_id=48412
https://diptera.i...d_id=55373

https://diptera.i...d_id=91873

Regards

Roger.
Edited by Roger Thomason on 05-09-2022 12:35