Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Rhaphium elegantulum?
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| conopid |
Posted on 07-05-2008 23:58
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 Member Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1039 Joined: 02.07.04 |
Hi I have keyed this a as female Rhaphium elegantulum. Does it look right? conopid attached the following image:  [51.81Kb] Nigel Jones, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom |
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| Kahis |
Posted on 08-05-2008 07:18
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 Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1999 Joined: 02.09.04 |
Hmm, I'd leave that as Rhaphium sp. It is not a typical R. elegantulum. As far as I know, single female specimens of the the larger Rhaphium species are (for the time) essentially unidentifiable. Kahis |
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| conopid |
Posted on 08-05-2008 11:02
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Member Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1039 Joined: 02.07.04 |
Thanks Kahis. That would explain wht it was difficult to match it precisely to any of the descriptions. The key (Fonseca) worked well, apart from the hind basi-tarsi needing to be shorter than the second tarsomere.
Nigel Jones, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom |
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