Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Platypezid from 07.10.22 --> Protoclythia rufa/atra (m)

Posted by Juergen Peters on 07-10-2022 22:52
#1
Hello,

a 4 mm male from today in our courtyard (northwest Germany). Protoclythia rufa?
Edited by Juergen Peters on 01-01-2023 17:35

Posted by Juergen Peters on 31-12-2022 02:07
#2
Second chance please.

Posted by eklans on 01-01-2023 12:09
#3
Hi Jürgen, I think it's difficult/impossible to tell the male Protoclythia rufa from Paraplatypeza atra based on your photo - without seeing frons or hind leg. Hopefully a real expert can...
Edited by eklans on 01-01-2023 12:21

Posted by Juergen Peters on 01-01-2023 17:34
#4
eklans wrote:
I think it's difficult/impossible to tell the male Protoclythia rufa from Paraplatypeza atra based on your photo - without seeing frons or hind leg.


Thanks, Eric! P. rufa is common here, but I never found P. atra. So perhaps with a 'cf.'...?

Posted by eklans on 01-01-2023 18:03
#5
I think, both are possible based on the wing veins.
Paraplatypeza likes Pluteus cervinus, Platypeza sp. Armillaria - perhaps that helps?

Posted by Juergen Peters on 01-01-2023 18:28
#6
eklans wrote:
Paraplatypeza likes Pluteus cervinus, Platypeza sp. Armillaria - perhaps that helps?


I'm afraid I know nearly nothing about mushrooms... awkward