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 Dioctria oelandica ??->Dioctria sp.
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| Nacho Cabellos |
Posted on 10-08-2024 19:35
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 Member Location: Spain Posts: 1607 Joined: 27.09.09 |
Marshy area, close to a stream. South center of Spain. 600 m. 15th june
Nacho Cabellos attached the following image:  [221.03Kb] Edited by Nacho Cabellos on 28-08-2024 11:28 |
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| eklans |
Posted on 11-08-2024 09:00
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Member Location: Franconia, Germany Posts: 4586 Joined: 11.11.18 |
D. atricapilla has completely black legs.
Greetings, Eric |
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| Nacho Cabellos |
Posted on 11-08-2024 10:23
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Member Location: Spain Posts: 1607 Joined: 27.09.09 |
Sorry!! That was a mistake! I meant D.oelandica |
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| eklans |
Posted on 11-08-2024 12:40
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Member Location: Franconia, Germany Posts: 4586 Joined: 11.11.18 |
D. oelandica fits better, but I wonder if it's big enough for oelandica (15-20 mm, the biggest of the Dioctria covered in my books of Netherlands, Belgium & Germany): Wolff, Gebel, Geller-Grimm (2018): Die Raubfliegen Deutschlands van den Broek, Schulten (2017):Fieldguide to the Robberflies of the Netherlands and Belgium D. oelandica is a species of deciduous forests. Did you compare the female D. cothurnata Greetings, Eric |
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| Nacho Cabellos |
Posted on 11-08-2024 19:07
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Member Location: Spain Posts: 1607 Joined: 27.09.09 |
Oh Yes!, D.cothurnata fits even better, plus it's apparently a wetland species, like the one in the photo. The problem is that both species have distributions restricted north of Pyrenees...
Edited by Nacho Cabellos on 11-08-2024 19:08 |
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| Chris Cohen |
Posted on 21-08-2024 17:49
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The proportions aren't right for D. oelandica. A D. cothurnata female is plausible, but it would be unusual to find that species in the center of Spain. So I suspect this is a related, Iberian species. |
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| Nacho Cabellos |
Posted on 28-08-2024 11:27
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Member Location: Spain Posts: 1607 Joined: 27.09.09 |
Thanks a lot Chris! Then, the best option would be Dioctria spec. |
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