Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Echthistus rufinervis?

Posted by piros on 03-02-2013 18:45
#1

I found these flies near Ásotthalom, about 30 km W of Szeged, S. Hungary, on 01-VII.2012. The picture seems to show a case of cannibalism: the female appears to feed on a male of the same sp. I think they are Echthistus rufinervis. Is it possible to confirm or correct this ID?
Thanks in advance!
Henrik

Edited by piros on 03-02-2013 18:46

Posted by piros on 21-02-2013 15:36
#2

I add another, somewhat dark picture of a different specimen, in the hope it helps identifying this sp.

Posted by piros on 25-02-2013 17:22
#3

I give it another chance...

Posted by Mark van Veen on 25-02-2013 20:40
#4

Metatars 1 and 2 very short, thus, yes an Echthistus. tibiae red at their tips and no black bristles behind the eye (all yellow, but difficult to see in the photo's), making it E. rufinervis.

Edited by Mark van Veen on 25-02-2013 20:40

Posted by piros on 25-02-2013 21:24
#5

Wow, thanks a lot! I understand what you mean by the poorly visible hairs behind eyes, but as far as I can make it out in my full-size pictures, they are all yellow.
Thanks again, and all the best,
Henrik