Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Conopidae: Leopoldius calceatus?

Posted by Juergen Peters on 15-08-2008 15:34
#1

Hello!

This Conopid from today (northwest Germany) was a bit smaller (8-9 mm) than that from my previous posting. Could it be Leopoldius calceatus? I never had that genus before...

Posted by Juergen Peters on 15-08-2008 15:34
#2

Second picture.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 15-08-2008 15:41
#3

Another picture.

Posted by Zeegers on 15-08-2008 17:18
#4

The russel seems to long, so simply Conops, if you ask me.

Theo

Posted by Juergen Peters on 15-08-2008 17:43
#5

Hello, Theo!

Zeegers wrote:
The russel seems to long, so simply Conops, if you ask me.


Thanks. It did not seem to match any Conops I had found to date. Mostly the only 2 yellow stripes on the abdomen confused me.

Posted by Zeegers on 15-08-2008 20:28
#6

Did you consider Concps strigatus ?

Theo

Posted by Juergen Peters on 15-08-2008 20:44
#7

Hello, Theo!

Zeegers wrote:
Did you consider Concps strigatus ?


I must have overlooked the single picture in the gallery (and I have always difficulties in recognizing pinned specimens - they look so different from living ones for someone like me, who only watches the animals "in the wild" and doesn't catch and preparate them).