Posted by Roger Thomason on 15-08-2012 00:39
#1
Any idea which pair are "Having a nice time" ©. Found at Burn of Valayre yesterday.
Edited by Roger Thomason on 15-08-2012 00:41
Posted by Igor Grichanov on 15-08-2012 08:25
#2
This couple is remarkable in that the male and the female antennae belong to different "species" -
Sympycnus pulicarius (Fallén, 1823) [=
Sympycnus annulipes (Meigen, 1824)] and
Sympycnus desoutteri Parent, 1925.
Posted by Roger Thomason on 16-08-2012 20:49
#3
Igor Grichanov wrote:
This couple is remarkable in that the male and the female antennae belong to different "species" - Sympycnus pulicarius (Fallén, 1823) [=Sympycnus annulipes (Meigen, 1824)] and Sympycnus desoutteri Parent, 1925.
Thanks for that Igor..how does that work out then..???
Offspring be called
S.puloutteri ;)
Should have gone to SPECSAVERS comes to mind.
Posted by Marc Pollet on 18-08-2012 01:53
#4
Roger, Igor,
I think suggesting that this is a copulation between two species on a picture that does not really shows the species' diagnostic features is confusing, at least. It would be good to add which characters you used to distinguish both. As far as I am concerned, both species (S. pulicarius and S. desoutteri) are most likely conspecific (I am currently studying the type series).
With kind regards,
Marc