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 another Choerades - difficult again...
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| Sundew |
Posted on 07-07-2014 23:03
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 Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3931 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Hi, Today I saw some Choerades flies on the eastern outskirts of Berlin. I suppose I found male and female. They seem to differ from my Ch. fimbriata in http://diptera.in...ost_263225 in that the facial hairs are white and the scutellar bristles dark. The anepisternum is greyish-tomentose, and I do not see yellow hairs. The first antennal segment is rather long. The key leads to Ch. femorata, but can the tergites be so golden-haired? Even in the male there is a golden gleam below the wings viewed from above. So I need an expert's opinion - thanks for any help! Sundew This is the female, eating a Mirid bug, probably Megaloceroea recticornis. Unfortunately I got only this view. Sundew attached the following image:  [164.75Kb] |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 07-07-2014 23:04
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3931 Joined: 28.07.07 |
This should be its male (or not?).
Sundew attached the following image:  [198.88Kb] |
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| Quaedfliegh |
Posted on 09-07-2014 14:33
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 Member Location: Tilburg Netherlands Posts: 2218 Joined: 18.05.10 |
I think both belong to that C marginata/femorata/ dioctriaeformis complex
Greetings, Reinoud Field guide to the robber flies of the Netherlands and Belgium: https://www.jeugdbondsuitgeverij.nl/product/field-guide-to-the-robberflies-of-the-netherlands-and-belgium/ https://www.nev.nl/diptera/ |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 10-07-2014 17:31
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3931 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Many thanks, Reinoud - obviously it is difficult to discriminate between these species basing on a photo. |
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