. Diptera danica : genera and species of flies hitherto found in Denmark. Diptera -- Denmark. 236 Phoridae. than in picta, fourth vein slightly S-like at base, recurved at apex. Halteres yellow. Female. Similar; antennæ slightly smaller than in the male; abdomen black with narrow pale hind margins to the segments, first segment black or more or less yellow; hind femora with long. Fig. 78. Wing of A. Giraudii ?. hairs below the basal half as in the male; as in picta the anterodorsal bristles on posterior tibiæ are much more distinct and proceed longer downwards than in the male. Length 2 to abo
. Diptera danica : genera and species of flies hitherto found in Denmark. Diptera -- Denmark. 236 Phoridae. than in picta, fourth vein slightly S-like at base, recurved at apex. Halteres yellow. Female. Similar; antennæ slightly smaller than in the male; abdomen black with narrow pale hind margins to the segments, first segment black or more or less yellow; hind femora with long. Fig. 78. Wing of A. Giraudii ?. hairs below the basal half as in the male; as in picta the anterodorsal bristles on posterior tibiæ are much more distinct and proceed longer downwards than in the male. Length 2 to about 3 mm. Remarks: Becker declares that Zetterstedt's hicolor is = Meigeni Beck., but this is not so; I have studied Zetterstedt's types, there are four specimens, one is Giraudii, the three others, a male and two females, are simulans Wood. — Strobl describes (Wien. Ent. Zeitg. XVIII, 1899, 148) a var. breviciliata and a var. longiciliata; the former is typical, but whether the latter belongs to this species is, I think, doubtful. — Wood says 1. c. that the hind femora have only ordinary hairs, in the Danish and Dutch specimens I have seen the hind femora have long hairs on the basal half below. — As seen from my descrip- tion of the male, the anterodorsal bristles on posterior tibiæ may be very small; in this connection I shall call attention to the faet that Wood describes (Ent. Month. Mag. 2, XXV, 1914, 153) a species A. submeigeni which differs from Meigeni only in wanting the small anterodorsal bristles on posterior tibiæ; it is no doubt only a small specimen of Meigeni (see Schmitz 1. c. 136). A. Giraudii is rare in Denmark, only four specimens, a male and three females, have been taken; Ermelund ^Ve 1919 (the author) and Holte '7?—'Vt in 1917 to 1919 (Th. Mortensen). Geographical distribution: — Europe down into Spain, towards the north to southern Sweden; it is also recorded from North America,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page
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