Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Beris geniculata female

Posted by jck on 01-10-2023 07:10
#1
Is this Beris fuscipes? County of Angus, Scotland on 05/08/2023.

James
Edited by jck on 02-10-2023 06:26

Posted by jck on 01-10-2023 07:10
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Posted by jck on 01-10-2023 07:10
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Posted by Zeegers on 01-10-2023 08:17
#4
Looks like it. No dorsal shot, to better estimate width of vertex ?

Theo

Posted by jck on 01-10-2023 12:21
#5
This is the best I can do.

James

Posted by Zeegers on 01-10-2023 19:33
#6
So, the hind metatars is dark, which made me doubt. And now the vertex really seems too broad for fuscipes. Also the shape of third antennal segment is off. So I think it is female B. geniculata.

Check Steve Falk's Flickr account on this

https://www.flickr.com/photos/63075200@N07/albums/72157632909648316/

Theo
Edited by Zeegers on 02-10-2023 07:35

Posted by jck on 02-10-2023 06:25
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Thanks, Theo.

James