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Osites porcus or ruficeps?
Jan_dirK
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Posted on 14-06-2023 12:52
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On may 28 I photographed this Otites fiy near Durbuy in Belgium. TIt has party red femora. Does this mean it is Otites porcus? Or does Osites ruficeps have the same partly red femora?

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From Korneyev :
Diagnosis: This species is similar to O. porcus in having microtrichose areas on abdominal tergites 3 and 4 laterally reaching tergite margins, but clearly differs from it by having occiput, femora and tibiae entirely black (widely orange-yellow in O. porcus). It also clearly differs from O. ornata by the microtrichose areas on abdominal tergites 3 and 4 laterally reaching tergite margins, and medial and lateral surstyli of male robust and widely fused (see Kameneva, 1997 (as “O. formosa”) (in O. ornata, microtrichose areas on abdominal tergites 3 and 4 short, not reaching lateral margins, surstyli narrow and separated) !
So NO, it’s not O. ruficeps !
 
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