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 Another Dioctria ?
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| liege67 |
Posted on 24-06-2006 11:56
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Member Location: Liege - BE Posts: 94 Joined: 25.08.05 |
Dear all I identify this fly as "Dioctria species" the fly is approx 15 mm long can you confirm my ID ? thank you jean marc sprimont, BE, 23 06 2006 liege67 attached the following image:  [29.33Kb] Edited by liege67 on 24-06-2006 11:57 |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 24-06-2006 13:10
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9470 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Hi Jean Marc. I'm not at all Asilidae expert but for me it looks like female of Dioctra linearis. Compare with: http://www.diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?forum_id=5&thread_id=2189 Nikita Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| David Gibbs |
Posted on 24-06-2006 16:24
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 Member Location: Bristol, UK Posts: 833 Joined: 17.06.06 |
not like what we call D. linearis in GB where hind legs largely pale. Looks close to D. rufipes although ocellar tubercle does not seem prominent enough, but perhaps this is due to angle of head? |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 25-06-2006 08:28
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9470 Joined: 24.05.05 |
To tell you truth David, I still have doubts. Tomorrow I checked key in British Soldierflies..., according it, it is D. rufipes. But I also checked rather new key by Lehr in Diptera of Russian Far East. There isn't D. linearis in Far East, but there is D. rufipes. In description to D. rufipes Lehr write - "1-st segment of hind tarsus normal, in rare case a little bit enlarged" and " female hind legs normaly yellow orange with soma more blackish sites, rather rare - black". Nikita Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| liege67 |
Posted on 25-06-2006 20:02
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Member Location: Liege - BE Posts: 94 Joined: 25.08.05 |
Thank you Nikita and David there is a picture of D. rufipes in "Guide vigot des insectes" (vigot editor), and it corresponds very well with my picture. jean marc |
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