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 Bombyliidae copula.
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| Guillermo Booth Rea |
Posted on 29-08-2008 15:37
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Member Location: Granada Posts: 276 Joined: 08.02.08 |
Here you have a couple from SE Spain, Aguilas. Aprox. 100 masl. 30/04/2008. Size aprox. 13 mm each. Are they also Dischistus? Thanks, Guillermo Guillermo Booth Rea attached the following image:  [145.6Kb] |
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| David Gibbs |
Posted on 31-08-2008 15:35
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 Member Location: Bristol, UK Posts: 833 Joined: 17.06.06 |
Yes also Dischistus. This is a very useful photo as i have not seen a male of this species before. This is what Farancois called Dischistus separatus. He was not confident that his specimens were the separatus of Becker, and nor am I, however, for now i call this Dischistus separatus sensu Francois. In this species the female has a shining black band across the frons in front of the ocelli. In the male the eyes are clearly more widely separated than in biro or senex. |
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| Guillermo Booth Rea |
Posted on 31-08-2008 15:44
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Member Location: Granada Posts: 276 Joined: 08.02.08 |
Thanks David. I am glad that the photo is usefull. |
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| Susan R Walter |
Posted on 04-09-2008 21:37
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 Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06 |
Guillermo - it would be useful perhaps to have this photo in the gallery, with a comment to reflect what David has said here. Can you submit the photo please?
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| Guillermo Booth Rea |
Posted on 04-09-2008 22:51
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Member Location: Granada Posts: 276 Joined: 08.02.08 |
If my memory does not fail, I think I have submitted it. Some times it takes a few days before the photo additions appear. |
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