Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Bibio varipes?, ♀♂ copulating - details added

Posted by eklans on 05-01-2021 15:31
#1

This couple was found at Frankenhoehe Nature Park, too, 2020-04-24, and I've keyed it as Bibio varipes (brownish wings, male's black hair on thorax, small spurs on tibia III...).

Greetings, Eric

Edited by eklans on 06-01-2021 13:43

Posted by eklans on 05-01-2021 15:32
#2

a female, 2020-05-03

Posted by eklans on 05-01-2021 15:32
#3

a male, 2020-05-05

Edited by eklans on 05-01-2021 15:33

Posted by Zeegers on 06-01-2021 10:05
#4

I see where you are going and it is clearly not reticulatus this time ....

Theo

Posted by eklans on 06-01-2021 13:39
#5

A more lateral view of the female 2020-05-03

Posted by eklans on 06-01-2021 13:40
#6

Detail showing a hind tibial spur and the stigma

Edited by eklans on 06-01-2021 13:41

Posted by eklans on 06-01-2021 13:42
#7

Detail showing the red pleura and the light haltere