Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Ectophasia sp. ?

Posted by Guillermo Booth Rea on 04-08-2008 10:02
#1

I would appreciate if somebody could help me identify this one. Quite small, aprox. 5-6 mm. Shot in Sierra Nevada (Granada, S Spain) at 2000 masl.

Edited by Guillermo Booth Rea on 04-08-2008 10:03

Posted by Guillermo Booth Rea on 04-08-2008 10:05
#2

View of the head.

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 04-08-2008 11:35
#3

Gymnosoma sp.

Posted by Guillermo Booth Rea on 04-08-2008 11:40
#4

Thanks Jorge.

Posted by ChrisR on 04-08-2008 13:51
#5

Looks like an interesting Gymnosoma sp. - it has a lot of dusting on the head and thorax - but I'd need to see a specimen to identify it :)

Posted by Zeegers on 04-08-2008 16:38
#6

It is, indeed, a male Gymnosoma, but no ordinary one.


THeo

Posted by Guillermo Booth Rea on 05-08-2008 20:49
#7

Thanks all. Unfortunately I do not recolect any specimen and I do not have any other photos. Sierra Nevada has a very large number of endemic species of insects and plants, so it has a rare chance of being rare.