Apterygida albipennis (Megerle, 1825) (observation)

Apterygida albipennis (Megerle, 1825)

Stage:

Larva/Nymph

Sex:

< N/A >

# 8832

2008

			© by Boris Loboda (barry)
Published: 24.07.2008 19:37:23

iNaturalist ID: < not specified >

Identification keys: Insecta

More images of this object - 2:

Taxon

Determination

Date / Time

Member

Apterygida albipennis (Megerle, 1825) (Larva/Nymph)

Arp

01.05.2012 07:37:56

barry

Forficulidae (Larva/Nymph)

DeVonian (Vassili =v= Belov)

02.01.2010 06:44:36

Comments: 4

	01.05.2012 01:48:24: Arp
	Hi Boris, Looks very much like Apterygida media (nymph) I tried adding an ID to genus for some pictures, but after specifying family and genus and pressing [Add] the new ID comes back at family level, not at genus level ... is this by design?

	01.05.2012 07:34:15: barry
	This particular implementation (in my database). Genus does not exist as a separate category in the taxonomy. Photo can not bind to the genus (only to family or species). In this case, we add the "Genus sp." in the list of species. Maybe it's wrong or uncomfortable, I think on this issue, it is difficult to implementation... Write a comment about this case I will add ... although it may be easier to me to make an automatic addition of Genus sp. for this case? :)

	01.05.2012 23:43:58 (01.05.2012 23:44:18): Arp
	Hi Boris, If it is not possible to bind an image to genus only, I think that it would be a perfect idea/workaround to add Genus sp. to all genera. For some that will be overkill (if there is only one species in the genus), but in general it will be a good way to enable ID to genus level. For this ID: I really think the currently valid name is Apterygida media (Hagenbach 1822), which also makes sense seeing the publication dates. That said, I cannot be 100% certain of the ID here as I don't know all Ukrain/Russian species, and certainly not their nymphs, but the habitus, hairs (also on the forceps), development level of wingstubs etc are all typical for A. media.

	03.05.2012 18:57:36 (03.05.2012 18:57:52): barry
	I'm in the Crimea, 4...8 May.