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 Help with Platycheirus ID
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| Piluca_Alvarez |
Posted on 06-11-2010 16:56
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 Member Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 2431 Joined: 06.11.10 |
I found this little fellow near Bewdley, in the Midlands in a field by woods. I think it is a Platycheirus species, but I am not good enough to get to the correct species or the most probable one. I would grately appreciate any help to ID it. Thanks in advance!! EDIT: Sorry, it seems I cannot upload the attachment. Have to try to sort that out. Edited by Piluca_Alvarez on 06-11-2010 17:00 |
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| Andre Burgers |
Posted on 06-11-2010 19:17
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 Member Location: Minas de Riotinto, Huelva Province, Spain Posts: 1114 Joined: 23.04.10 |
Piluca, I think you have the same problem as I did when I started here: spaces in the file name are not allowed. Saludos, André Edited by Andre Burgers on 06-11-2010 19:19 |
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| Piluca_Alvarez |
Posted on 06-11-2010 22:05
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Member Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 2431 Joined: 06.11.10 |
Thanks Andre!! I have many other angles and certainly can show more detail if it is required. Piluca_Alvarez attached the following image:  [33.02Kb] Edited by Piluca_Alvarez on 06-11-2010 22:07 |
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| Piluca_Alvarez |
Posted on 06-11-2010 22:10
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Member Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 2431 Joined: 06.11.10 |
A better quality close-up
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| Piluca_Alvarez |
Posted on 06-11-2010 22:13
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Member Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 2431 Joined: 06.11.10 |
A lateral view showing the abdomen.
Piluca_Alvarez attached the following image:  [84.85Kb] |
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| Piluca_Alvarez |
Posted on 06-11-2010 22:16
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Member Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 2431 Joined: 06.11.10 |
And a front view.
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 06-11-2010 22:48
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 Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
P.scutatus OR P.scutatus group with yellow front feet, going on past posts I've had. |
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| Piluca_Alvarez |
Posted on 06-11-2010 22:57
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Member Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 2431 Joined: 06.11.10 |
Thank you so much, Roger!!!! Regards Piluca |
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| blowave |
Posted on 07-11-2010 14:37
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 Member Location: LINCOLN, UK Posts: 3151 Joined: 27.06.07 |
I would think it's likely to be Platycheirus albimanus, best wait for Andre or Gerard to say for sure. The bristles on the front femur, along with the shape of the tarsal segments that I can see fit, the yellow is probably pollen anyway but albimanus does have yellowish front tarsi. Janet 
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| Piluca_Alvarez |
Posted on 07-11-2010 20:07
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Member Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 2431 Joined: 06.11.10 |
Thanks for your reply, Janet!! Will wait for more opinions. Best Piluca |
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| Andre |
Posted on 15-11-2010 00:37
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 Member Location: Tilburg, the Netherlands Posts: 2111 Joined: 18.07.04 |
It is albimanus indeed... |
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| Piluca_Alvarez |
Posted on 02-12-2010 20:48
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Member Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 2431 Joined: 06.11.10 |
Thanks Andre!! |
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