Posted by
smol on 25-10-2023 21:04
#1
Netherlands, 2023-10-18, near lake
Am I correct to say that
Chaoborus of the
flavicans-complex, or now called subgenus
Chaoborus, require genital dissection to properly ID?
This would be
Chaoborus crystallinus/flavicans for NL I believe.
Posted by
smol on 26-10-2023 16:09
#3
Tony Irwin wrote:
There are some non-genital differences between the species, but the characters are variable and difficult to see in photos. I would always recommend dissection to be certain.
Ah, thank you very much Tony Irwin! I did read something about differences in the tergal bands, but nothing conclusive. Then I will skip these species for now until I will catch them
