Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Dicyrtomina ornata - saundersi

Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 16-11-2008 23:09
#1

hi otherinsectforum,

Is there a reasonable reliable character that shows some difference between these two species?

Something in my head tells me that the yellow part in the middle of the antenne makes them more Dicyrtomina ornata?

Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 16-11-2008 23:10
#2

Dicyrtomina 2 - a dark one?!

Edited by Robert Heemskerk on 16-11-2008 23:11

Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 16-11-2008 23:11
#3

Dicyrtomina 3 - this one got the yellow part on the antenne

Edited by Robert Heemskerk on 16-11-2008 23:12

Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 16-11-2008 23:13
#4

dicyrtomina 4 - a pale one

Edited by Robert Heemskerk on 16-11-2008 23:13

Posted by Moo on 17-11-2008 02:37
#5

Something in my head tells me that the yellow part in the middle of the antenne makes them more Dicyrtomina ornata?

I think its the other way round, they make them more saundersi. Also #4 shows the parallel horizontal lines of saundersi on the back of the abdomen.
I think some people consider saundersi/ornata just different forms of the same species though.

Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 21-11-2008 22:53
#6

thank you very much Moo