Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Bombylius and what?
Posted by paqui on 04-10-2005 15:32
#1
Hello, here it is a "small floating sheep". 1cm long, I supose it won?t be B major
And one more difficult; I?m not sure now if it?s Muscidae,
Dolichopodidae... For Dolichopodidae it?s a little "fat", but the veins seem so; the more I try to identificate it, the less I?m sure
Edited by paqui on 04-10-2005 15:33
Posted by paqui on 04-10-2005 15:34
#2
here it is Bombylius
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 04-10-2005 16:30
#3
The venation seems to me Dolichopodidae's no matter how fat it is.
Posted by paqui on 05-10-2005 19:22
#4
I?m begining with entomology, it?s fantastic, but with no references /bibliography enough still these small animals drive me crazy. Thank you very much
Posted by Andre on 05-10-2005 23:31
#5
The Bombylius looks like venosus.
Can't say more unfortunately...
The other fly is a Dolichopodidae sp. You'll need a specialist for that family, like the Dutch Henk Meuffels.
Posted by Paul Beuk on 06-10-2005 07:37
#6
The dolichopodid is a species of
Sciapus. The forked medial vein is characteristic for the subfamily Sciapodinae and most European species then belong to
Sciapus.
The bombyliid may be
B. venosus but if it is from Spain, I am not sure how many other possible species are likely candidates.