Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Hybos femoratus?

Posted by lynkos on 05-10-2006 09:03
#1
Is this the Hybotidae Hybos femoratus? About 4 mm long, photographed in a pinewood near Rome.

www.naturamediterraneo.eu/Public/data4/lynkos/CF3A906-C16F.jpg_20061059053_CF3A906-C16F.jpg

Thanks, Sarah.
Edited by lynkos on 05-10-2006 09:03

Posted by Paul Beuk on 05-10-2006 09:08
#2
H. femoratus has yellowish fore and mid legs and a mesonotum that is largely glossy. I think this is H. culificormis, a female.

Posted by lynkos on 05-10-2006 09:18
#3
In real time Paul, a living legend!!! Sarah.