Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Haematopota ocelligera?
Posted by clovis on 28-06-2014 13:53
#1
Hi,
What do you think about this specimen caught in Camargue? (among some specimen of
H bigoti) My hesitation is between ocelligera and subcylindrica
Clovis : France : Arles : 13200 : 17/5/2014
Altitude : 1 m - Taille : 10 mm
Réf. : 120842
Clovis : France : Arles : 13200 : 17/5/2014
Altitude : 1 m - Taille : 10 mm
Réf. : 120843
Clovis : France : Arles : 13200 : 17/5/2014
Altitude : 1 m - Taille : 10 mm
Réf. : 120844
Posted by ValerioW on 28-06-2014 15:20
#2
female
pluvialis group for sure (in which your 2 hypothesis reside...at least in 1972:))
Posted by Zeegers on 28-06-2014 15:21
#3
Doesn't have clear spots on tergites, therefore, does not look like ocelligera (there is a reason for this name !). Are you sure it is not bigoti ? Femur 2 looks pinkish, but very out of focus.
Theo
Posted by ValerioW on 28-06-2014 15:23
#4
Ok, Theo here! Better wait !
Edited by ValerioW on 28-06-2014 15:26
Posted by Zeegers on 28-06-2014 15:26
#5
The third antennal segment will show orange on the inner side, the picture is simply dark and showing the other side. Clovis can check this.
Theo
Posted by clovis on 28-06-2014 16:10
#6
Well, i'm getting a bit careful on the name of species! (look at
Rhagio vitripennis) :)
I'm not sure it's bigoti, as i don't have any specimen (Christoophe collected some specimens with me that turned out to be bigoti, i only caught this one)
But fémur 2 is as grey as the other femurs, and there is indeed some orange marking on antennal segment 3.
Edited by clovis on 28-06-2014 16:10
Posted by Zeegers on 29-06-2014 08:49
#7
OK, thanks. If femur 2 is totally grey, also on the back side, than it cannot be bigoti. So it is either a no-greenish pluvialis (those exist, esp. in Eastern Europe) or subcylindrica. The first antennal segment does not support the latter view.
Theo
Posted by clovis on 29-06-2014 10:58
#8
Yep, also on dorsal side.
So your vote is on pluvialis? (you wan't picture of something to support this opinion?)
Well, i wasn't lucky to catch the common one when Christoophe caught bigoti!
Posted by Zeegers on 29-06-2014 13:51
#9
I think pluvialis is at this point the most likely.
Theo
