Posted by crex on 10-08-2008 21:20
#1
Location: Midwest Sweden (Dalsland)
Date: 2008-JUN-24
A dark male
Chrysops sp. Guessing by the name I assume it could be
C. nigripes!?
Edited by crex on 15-08-2008 09:04
Posted by Zeegers on 15-08-2008 08:44
#3
This one is tricky.
First, it is indeed a male Chrysops
Second, the legs are blackish, indeed.
Third, the photo is strongly flashed (right ?)
There seem to be reddish sublateral spots on tergites.
More than in female nigripes. However, it does not agree with divaricatus nor caecutiens.
I don't have the male of nigripes in my collection.
So to me it remains ?nigripes.
Theo
Posted by crex on 15-08-2008 09:03
#4
Thank you Theo! I found no photo of C. nigripes on the web to compare with. Almost all my photos these days are taken with flash. I also noted the red-brown spot on side of abdomen..