Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Hybotidae ID
Posted by Luis Alvarez on 27-04-2015 11:00
#1
Hello,
Photo taken in Pontevedra (NW Iberian Peninsula) on 02/10/2014. I think that is a Hybos but, Is possible to identify the species?.
Thanks
Luis Álvarez
Posted by Paul Beuk on 27-04-2015 12:00
#2
Looks like
Hybos culiciformis.
Posted by Luis Alvarez on 27-04-2015 16:17
#3
Thank you, Paul.
What details would need to see to confirm the species?
Regards,
Luis
Posted by Paul Beuk on 27-04-2015 18:41
#4
Just need to be certain if the latge setae on the thorax are yellowish brown or black. They appear to be brownish, hence
culiciformis.
Posted by Luis Alvarez on 28-04-2015 16:58
#5
Thanks.
In this unfocused picture it seems to be yellowish. I had not used flash.
Regards.