Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Cryptocheilus octomaculatus ssp. eatoni
Posted by Isidro on 20-06-2008 08:42
#1
Three images of two exemplars, but I thinks that are the same species.
A week ago. M?laga, south Spain. Habitat: shrubland with wild flowers, degenerated, near almond fields. Size: the first (two pictures) sizes about 25 mm, the second (the last picture) was smaller, about 20 mm. I think that the first is a female and the second a male, it is?
Thanks.
Regards
Edited by Isidro on 29-06-2008 14:43
Posted by cthirion on 20-06-2008 10:14
#2
Very nice!
I await Wahis and for the precedent too!
Posted by Isidro on 20-06-2008 12:39
#3
Thanks!
I don't know Wahis, is not Kahis?
Posted by Isidro on 24-06-2008 09:35
#4
Unresolved yet...
Posted by Christian Schmid-Egger on 27-06-2008 12:46
#5
Its a dark female of Cryptocheilus octomaculatus (Pompilidae). Earlier, this form it was known as ssp. eatoni. It occurs mainly in North Africa.
Regards, Christian
P.S. the name you looked for is Raymond Wahis
Posted by cthirion on 27-06-2008 16:32
#6
Wahis..in Holidays?
Posted by Christian Schmid-Egger on 27-06-2008 17:44
#7
Wahis is just back, I have got an Email of him today. But, in this case, I am a good address too because I am revising Cryptocheilus for the moment, and a part of Raymond Wahis collection is with me.
Regards, Christian
Posted by Isidro on 29-06-2008 14:42
#8
Thanks a lot Christian.
It's a pity, because I have photographe3d Cryptocheilus octomaculatus yet (a very different morph, with nitid yellow spots on the abdomen)
Posted by Christian Schmid-Egger on 30-06-2008 07:19
#9
You have a photo of the other octomaculata? the species is very varible in color.
Regards, Christian
Posted by Isidro on 30-06-2008 14:21
#10
Yes, identified here by yourself...
http://www.diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?forum_id=6&thread_id=7502