Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Platypalpus sp male id help

Posted by Elena Regina on 19-02-2021 23:04
#1
Lazio, 2020-X, WS 8 mm
i.ibb.co/cTrJrtv/PA11693600.jpg
Edited by Elena Regina on 27-02-2021 16:20

Posted by Paul Beuk on 20-02-2021 08:17
#2
Platypalpus (Hybotidae)

Posted by Elena Regina on 04-03-2021 12:16
#3
P. n. albocapillatus

Paul, you got PM

Posted by Paul Beuk on 04-03-2021 13:20
#4
Alas, not albocapillatus because the arista is not white but black. Perhaps in the group with niger?

And yes, I saw the PM. I had to search a bit first before I could sent an email.

Posted by Elena Regina on 06-03-2021 14:33
#5
Paul Beuk wrote:
Alas, not albocapillatus because the arista is not white but black. Perhaps in the group with niger?

And yes, I saw the PM. I had to search a bit first before I could sent an email.


Any results? Smile

Posted by Paul Beuk on 07-03-2021 10:18
#6
I did sent a mail to the account you use for Diptera.info, even before I replied in the forum...

Posted by Elena Regina on 15-03-2021 01:25
#7
Thank you, Paul TumbsUp

Ominous genus! Extreme variability, even intraspecifically... Educated guess: P. minutus?

Cf. https://diptera.i...d_id=99776

https://v3.boldsy...xid=483352
https://v3.boldsy...xid=483252
http://www.spessa...nutus.html

web.archive.org/web/20210303015801if_/https://i.ibb.co/dKMXJnd/PA1169330.jpg
i.ibb.co/nmPYvdz/p-minutus-a.png
i.ibb.co/Fscf3zq/p-minutus-midleg.png

Posted by Paul Beuk on 15-03-2021 08:12
#8
... or australominutus