Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Neomochtherus pallipes?

Posted by clovis on 06-04-2015 02:14
#1
Hi,

Here is a female i found in Auvergne (Massif central) this summer that bother me a bit:

Everything point out to Neomochtherus, but femurs are too red to be geniculatus and seems to be really dark for a pallipes, what is you opinion?

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About 10mm, Araules (Auvergne) about 1000m hight
Edited by clovis on 11-04-2015 14:56

Posted by Quaedfliegh on 06-04-2015 22:00
#2
Hi Clovis,

Have a look at the sternites, are they black (with only a little bit of dusting) or are they grey (brownish) with dusting?

If they are black, this would be pallipes (with very dark femora)

Posted by clovis on 11-04-2015 14:56
#3
It is black.

Nice, many thanks! Smile
Edited by clovis on 11-04-2015 14:57