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 Male Medetera flavipes ? (France)
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| Lagides |
Posted on 16-10-2023 07:50
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 Member Location: Lyon (France) Posts: 32 Joined: 16.12.20 |
Hello, I photographed this Medetera near the city of Lyon, middle-east of mainland France in September, 20, 2023. Is this Medetera flavipes ? Or could it be Medetera media ? Lagides attached the following image:  [286.83Kb] |
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| Igor Grichanov |
Posted on 16-10-2023 09:35
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 Member Location: St.Petersburg, Russia Posts: 1773 Joined: 17.08.06 |
I guess that many records of flavipes belong to media. 1. Fore coxa dark; tarsi dark from apex of basitarsus; clypeus scarcely shining, with weak pruinosity; epistome matt; ventral lobe of surstylus with two strong simple apical setae, dorsal lobe of surstylus without dorsoapical seta; median seta of epandrial lobes spatulate; 2.6–3.7 mm .......... ..........................................................................М. flavipes – Fore coxa yellow; segments 1–4 of all tarsi dark at extreme apex; clypeus metallic shining, with weak pruinosity only laterally; epistome greenish grey, with some bronze tinge and with metallic spot venrally; ventral lobe of surstylus with one simple and one club-shaped apical seta, dorsal lobe of surstylus with strong dorsoapical seta; setae of epandrial lobes flattened but not spatulate; 2.9–3.8 mm .. ........................................................................... М. media Doli. Edited by Igor Grichanov on 16-10-2023 09:39 Igor Grichanov |
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| Lagides |
Posted on 25-11-2023 12:10
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Member Location: Lyon (France) Posts: 32 Joined: 16.12.20 |
Thanks for the answer Igor! However, some colleagues have noted your answer is in contradiction with the 2016 Negrobov & Naglis key of Palaearctic Medetera and also with that identification of yours. Is the key you have used for my individual a new key? |
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