Record Summary | Brachypterous female swept from grass |
Found as | Female imago |
Date | 4 August 2020 |
Capture method | swept |
OS grid ref | OSGR: ST71 |
Lat/Lon | 50° 50’ N, 2° 20’ W |
Vice County | Dorset, VC no: 9 |
Country | England |
Voucher | 4 Aug 2020[D] (Please quote this in any queries about this record) |
Notes:
Length: 4.25mm. Eyes hairy; clypeal margin with two tiny teeth; genal carina meets hypostomal carina some distance from mandible base.
Martin Schwarz says (from the photos): keys well to Phygadeuon rotundipennis in Horstmann (Entomofauna 14: 85-148, 1993), but comparing your specimen with specimens in my collection I am not sure if it is this species. There are some more or less slight differences.
The following literature was used to identify this find:
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