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Linnaemya --> Phebellia nigripalpis
Lavendel	#1 Posted on 06-08-2023 06:37
Member Location: The Netherlands Posts: 275 Joined: 10.11.07	Is it possible to ID this Linnaemya a bit further? Dunes near the coast, Holland, 04-08-2023 Lavendel attached the following image: [207.79Kb] Edited by Lavendel on 06-08-2023 08:34 Kind regards, Sandra


Lavendel	#2 Posted on 06-08-2023 06:38
Member Location: The Netherlands Posts: 275 Joined: 10.11.07	an other view Lavendel attached the following image: [189.62Kb] Kind regards, Sandra


Lavendel	#3 Posted on 06-08-2023 06:39
Member Location: The Netherlands Posts: 275 Joined: 10.11.07	a detail Lavendel attached the following image: [263.03Kb] Kind regards, Sandra


Zeegers	#4 Posted on 06-08-2023 08:06
Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18791 Joined: 21.07.04	Alas, it is not a Linnaemyia, but a Phebellia. The balck palpus and golden frons clearly indicate Ph. nigripalpis. Nomenclatoral note: over the last decades, the genus was named Prooppia. Unfortunately, the type species was incorrectly assessed acording to DNA analysis, which forced a change of names: Prooppia (old) -> Phebellia (new) Phebellia (old). ->. Melibaea (new) My apologies for this mess. See https://kmkjournals.com/journals/EEJ/EEJ_Index_Volumes/EEJ_22/EEJ_22_2_085_094 Theo


Lavendel	#5 Posted on 06-08-2023 08:28
Member Location: The Netherlands Posts: 275 Joined: 10.11.07	Dear Theo, Many thanks! No apologies needed, the mess was clarified. I was completely wrong with the determination. All the best, Sandra Kind regards, Sandra


Zeegers	#6 Posted on 06-08-2023 14:18
Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18791 Joined: 21.07.04	These Phebellia s.l. do resemble Eurithia or Linnaemyia superficially. I’d rather preserved the interetation of Phebellia, but this was simply not possible. So beware that Phebellia s.s. means something different than 5 weeks ago ! Theo