Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Nephrotoma->N. sullingtonensis
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| Nacho Cabellos |
Posted on 15-07-2026 18:07
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 Member Location: Spain Posts: 1645 Joined: 27.09.09 |
Pine forest. South central Spain. 900 m. May.
Nacho Cabellos attached the following image:  [263.17Kb] Edited by Nacho Cabellos on 23-07-2026 18:08 |
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| Barb4k |
Posted on 15-07-2026 21:39
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Member Location: France Posts: 4 Joined: 06.07.26 |
Probably a female N. appendiculata, but the key identifying feature is missing from the photo: did you see a dark, inverted āUā on the anatergite? |
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| Nacho Cabellos |
Posted on 16-07-2026 18:21
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Member Location: Spain Posts: 1645 Joined: 27.09.09 |
but the pterostigma dark rules out appendiculata, isn't it? |
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| Barb4k |
Posted on 17-07-2026 10:14
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Member Location: France Posts: 4 Joined: 06.07.26 |
Not necessarily, you can refer to the key by Stubbs and Kramer (2016) or the French key by Rojas and Quindroit (2026) for guidance. |
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| Nacho Cabellos |
Posted on 17-07-2026 11:13
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Member Location: Spain Posts: 1645 Joined: 27.09.09 |
Thanks a lot!! I've used the first one; I don't knew the second one, but I've just use it and It's fantastic by the way. In the photos i have, I can't see the "black inverted U", so it will be difficult to propose anything at species level, I think. |
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| eklans |
Posted on 17-07-2026 15:35
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Member Location: Franconia, Germany Posts: 4745 Joined: 11.11.18 |
I've noticed the confluent bands on the scutum and tried to find a Nephrotoma with this characteristic. It's only a guess as I've never heard about it: N. sullingtonensis Edwards, 1938, which is recorded for Portugal, Spain, France and the UK and available at the CCW.
Greetings, Eric |
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| Nacho Cabellos |
Posted on 17-07-2026 16:27
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Member Location: Spain Posts: 1645 Joined: 27.09.09 |
There is an annotation at the end of Rojas key in which it comments the similarity of the females in both species (N. appendiculata and N. sullingtonensis) |
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| eklans |
Posted on 17-07-2026 16:41
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Member Location: Franconia, Germany Posts: 4745 Joined: 11.11.18 |
Sounds well - and the stripes are distinctly separated in N. appendiculata
Greetings, Eric |
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| clovis |
Posted on 23-07-2026 16:43
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Member Location: North France, lille Posts: 944 Joined: 08.06.10 |
Nice, totally N sullingtonensis  N appendiculata can indeed have (pretty rarelly) such a dark stigma Edited by clovis on 23-07-2026 16:44 |
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| Nacho Cabellos |
Posted on 23-07-2026 18:07
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Member Location: Spain Posts: 1645 Joined: 27.09.09 |
Oh. Thanks you all very much!! |
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