Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Platystomatidae - Platystoma seminationis

Posted by Frank Koehler on 01-10-2006 23:02
#1
Platystoma seminaticornis.
Is there a possibility to be wrong?
Thanks for any confirmation
Frank


#6569 Germany / Rheinland-Pfalz: Walsdorf / Eifel, 300 m, VII.2004
www.koleopterologie.de/diptera/6569-dip-platystomatidae-platystoma-seminaticornis-walsdorf-030704.jpg

www.koleopterologie.de/diptera/6569-6713-dip-platystomatidae-platystoma-seminaticornis-walsdorf-030704.jpg
Edited by Frank Koehler on 19-10-2006 18:36

Posted by Paul Beuk on 02-10-2006 08:25
#2
You mean Platystoma seminationis?

Posted by Xespok on 02-10-2006 13:49
#3
In Hungary there are 5 similar Platystoma species, P.s. being the commonest, which are quite hard to tell apart. I assume the situation is similar in Southern Germany. The difficulty arises artly because the species are quite variable themselves (in size and pattern of wings). Lots of local diversification is going on within this genus, because they are poor fliers and tend to inbreed more than many other genera.

Posted by Frank Koehler on 02-10-2006 14:49
#4
Yes, of course: -c -r
No special biotop (field margin) - cold region - more possiblities than this common species? Best regards Frank

Posted by Xespok on 03-10-2006 08:27
#5
I checked the Hungarian literature, which should work for Bavaria to a great extent. Your image almost surely shows P. semiatione (this is the name at fauaneur.org.)

1, The only species present in Germany based on fauanaeur.org.
2, No other species occurs at altitudes of more than 3oom in Hungary. These guys love warm lowlands.



Posted by Frank Koehler on 04-10-2006 05:47
#6
Thank you very much, Gabor!