Thread subject: Diptera.info :: => Palloptera quinquemaculata

Posted by Thorleone on 03-06-2020 07:22
#1
Help with Id of this presumed Lauxaniidae. Roadside vegetagion (rich with Anchusa officinalis), southern Sweden, agriculture landscape, 2nd of June.
Thank you!
Cheers, Thor.
Edited by Thorleone on 03-06-2020 11:31

Posted by Xylosoma on 03-06-2020 09:29
#2
Pallopteridae: Palloptera quinquemaculata fresh specimen. Larvae are told to be feeding in grasses.

Regards
Xylo

Posted by Thorleone on 03-06-2020 11:30
#3
Xylosoma wrote:
Pallopteridae: Palloptera quinquemaculata fresh specimen. Larvae are told to be feeding in grasses.

Regards
Xylo


Thank you. Seems to be listed as Toxoneura quinquemaculata in the Swedish taxonomic system.

Posted by Xylosoma on 03-06-2020 12:30
#4
Sorry, Toxoneura is actually the correct genus. I always have problems to keep those changes in my mind. Here dyntaxa is up to date. Unfortunately this is not the case in other families.
reagrds
Xylo

Posted by Paul Beuk on 05-06-2020 10:07
#5
For what the generic division of Palloptera s.l. is worth...