Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Very large Medetera

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 27-03-2007 18:31
#1

Turkey, Side, sand dunas-pine forest, 150% size of M. jacula.
I thought it is Medetera diadema, but legs have to be yellow or dirty-yellow?
Female

Edited by Nikita Vikhrev on 27-03-2007 19:02

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 27-03-2007 18:34
#2

Male.
Genitalia is unexpextedly small for such a large Medereta

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 27-03-2007 20:43
#3

I checked this Medetera.
Certanly it isn't M.diadema. It seems that no one of Russian species fit with this fly.

Posted by Igor Grichanov on 28-03-2007 09:19
#4

This Doli belongs to a group fasciata-striata-setiventris-signaticornis. I am afraid it is not possible to identify without making preparation of genitalia.

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 28-03-2007 21:55
#5

Thank you Igor.
I've came to M.striata too, but it doesn't fit with M.striata description...
Nikita

Posted by Igor Grichanov on 07-05-2007 13:49
#6

Medetera setiventris Thuneberg, 1955: Ann.ent.fenn. 21(3): 142 ** Type locality: Finland: Joutseno. Palaearctic: England,
Finland, Sweden, Norway, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Romania, Estonia, Russia *