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 Bombylidae for ID, SE Spain --> Conophorus fuminervis
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| Piluca_Alvarez |
Posted on 24-02-2012 15:10
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 Member Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 2431 Joined: 06.11.10 |
Amazing looking Bombyilid, which reminds me of Conophorus, but with patterned wings. Any help with ID will be most appreciated!  Taken by Francisco Rodriguez in Almeria, SE Spain on the 23rd February 2012. Piluca_Alvarez attached the following image:  [190.87Kb] Edited by Piluca_Alvarez on 25-02-2012 00:38 |
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| David Gibbs |
Posted on 24-02-2012 18:04
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 Member Location: Bristol, UK Posts: 833 Joined: 17.06.06 |
There seem to be three names that could be applied here, Conophorus pictipennis, C. macroglossus and C. fuminervis. However no one key includes them all. I suspect that one of these names is a synonym. This fly clearly has a shorter proboscis than the individuals in the gallery http://www.dipter...to_id=3229 so by comparison it will key to fuminervis in Engel and Paramonov, neither of these works include pictipennis. In Seguy it also runs to fuminervis, but that work omits macroglossus. The gallery specimens are probably macroglossus and this one fuminervis, neither seem to be pictipennis as defined in Seguy. |
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| Piluca_Alvarez |
Posted on 25-02-2012 00:36
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Member Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 2431 Joined: 06.11.10 |
Thanks a lot, David!!!  Loads more than I expected from a Conophorus!!  I am going to ask Francisco for permission to submit it to the gallery. But I am sure he will be more than delighted! Also found here: http://www.biodiv...11708.html |
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| Manuel Lopez |
Posted on 25-02-2012 00:46
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 Member Location: Granada Posts: 2551 Joined: 03.09.11 |
Very interesting to me this thread  |
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| Piluca_Alvarez |
Posted on 25-02-2012 00:59
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Member Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 2431 Joined: 06.11.10 |
And for me!!  I am astonished and very happy! |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 25-02-2012 01:29
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9295 Joined: 05.06.06 |
I hope this fly was collected...
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 25-02-2012 01:39 |
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| vliegenvanger149 |
Posted on 07-07-2019 17:44
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Member Location: Posts: 40 Joined: 26.10.16 |
Conophorus macroglossus Dufour,1852 C. fuminervis Dulour,1852 is smaller and the proboscis is no longer than the antenna. |
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