Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Dolichopodidae "Having a nice time" ©

Posted by Roger Thomason on 14-08-2012 23:39
#1
Any idea which pair are "Having a nice time" ©. Found at Burn of Valayre yesterday.
Edited by Roger Thomason on 14-08-2012 23:41

Posted by Igor Grichanov on 15-08-2012 07:25
#2
This couple is remarkable in that the male and the female antennae belong to different "species" - Sympycnus pulicarius (Fallén, 1823) [=Sympycnus annulipes (Meigen, 1824)] and Sympycnus desoutteri Parent, 1925.

Posted by Roger Thomason on 16-08-2012 19:49
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Igor Grichanov wrote:
This couple is remarkable in that the male and the female antennae belong to different "species" - Sympycnus pulicarius (Fallén, 1823) [=Sympycnus annulipes (Meigen, 1824)] and Sympycnus desoutteri Parent, 1925.


Thanks for that Igor..how does that work out then..???
Offspring be called S.puloutteri Wink

Should have gone to SPECSAVERS comes to mind.

Posted by Marc Pollet on 18-08-2012 00:53
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Roger, Igor,

I think suggesting that this is a copulation between two species on a picture that does not really shows the species' diagnostic features is confusing, at least. It would be good to add which characters you used to distinguish both. As far as I am concerned, both species (S. pulicarius and S. desoutteri) are most likely conspecific (I am currently studying the type series).

With kind regards,
Marc