Record Summary | Displaying on fermenting sap run |
Found as | Imago |
Date | 9 March 1997 |
Associated organism | Betula / Fusarium? |
Habitat feature | fermenting sap run |
OS grid ref | OSGR: SU56 |
Lat/Lon | 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W |
Vice County | Berks, VC no: 22 |
Country | England |
Voucher | 9 Mar 1997[C] (Please quote this in any queries about this record) |
Notes:
Displaying on fermenting sap run on birch stumps cut one month ago.
Upper side generally dark in life, and in alcohol; the abdomen paler than the thorax, towards the tip often quite brightly red tinged beneath; eyes black in life, red in alcohol.
2 males in alcohol:
CB: 8 rows of acrostichals, tarsal combs: 8 & 7, maxillary palp: 1 terminal bristle with a shorter subterminal one
CC: 8 rows of acrostichals, tarsal combs: 9 & 8, maxillary palp: 1 terminal bristle, clasper comb: 8 teeth, continued with bristles.
The following literature was used to identify this find:
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