Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Images from Japan 3
Posted by
Xespok on 26-06-2005 16:12
#1
This is an other image that got no response on the Japanese Diptera Forum. Any idea what this might be? Reminds me of Minettia sp.
#2
If it is not
Minettia, it certainly is something close to it.
Posted by
Xespok on 26-06-2005 23:56
#3
Thx Paul, I'll move this image to my Lauxaniidae gallery.
#4
Still going through some older ones... I couldn't resist, cause this one is pretty cool! Species is Prorhaphochaeta nigriventris Czerny.
#5
Put this photo in gallery, Gabor.
There are no photos of Prorhaphochaeta nigriventris, just yours.
Posted by
Xespok on 03-11-2007 07:21
#6
Thx,
I really enjoy when some of the old mysteries get resolved.
It appears that currently this genus is merged with Minettia as Minettia (Plesiominettia).
You can see a few more Lauxaniid species on my old
Japan Wildlife gallery.
Edited by
Xespok on 03-11-2007 07:49
#7
Paul Beuk wrote:
If it is not Minettia, it certainly is something close to it.
I rest my case.
#8
Quite right, quite right. In my zeal (and doing it from home), I didn't look up the current combination! Czerny described Prorhaphochaeta for the species P. nigriventris. Shatalkin (2000, and earlier) treated this as a species of Minettia, subgenus Minettia, though, not subgenus Plesiominettia. The OTHER species of Prorhaphochaeta (P. ishidai Sasakawa) was combined into Minettia (Plesiominettia) by Shatalkin, but the type species P. nigriventris was moved into Minettia (Minettia).
In any case, good call on all accounts (Paul with the genus, Xespok with recognizing Prorhaphochaeta had been synonymized)!