Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Stevenia angustifrons
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| zcuc |
Posted on 28-03-2008 14:51
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Member Location: Israel Posts: 492 Joined: 08.10.07 |
Found on flowers, Israel.
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| zcuc |
Posted on 28-03-2008 14:52
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Member Location: Israel Posts: 492 Joined: 08.10.07 |
Another view. Look at the red marking at the base of abdomen.
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| zcuc |
Posted on 28-03-2008 14:56
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Member Location: Israel Posts: 492 Joined: 08.10.07 |
Found this one in the same area. I think this one is the male and the previous was female. What do you say?
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| viktor j nilsson |
Posted on 28-03-2008 16:54
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Member Location: Gothenburg, Sweden Posts: 203 Joined: 25.02.08 |
Paykullia maculata (Rhinophoridae)? |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 28-03-2008 21:02
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19299 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Family correct, but you just missed the genus: Stevenia angustifrons Theo |
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| zcuc |
Posted on 30-03-2008 09:37
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Member Location: Israel Posts: 492 Joined: 08.10.07 |
Thanks Theo, Is it indeed male and female of the same sp.? I notice the female has that orange marking on abdomen and male has narrower abdomen with no marking? |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 30-03-2008 09:47
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19299 Joined: 21.07.04 |
That is correct, that is the standard sexual dimorphism for this species. More Stevenia have this, by the way. S. angustifrons is the only very common species in Israel (according to Kugler, I have never visited you). Theo |
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| zcuc |
Posted on 30-03-2008 10:09
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Member Location: Israel Posts: 492 Joined: 08.10.07 |
Thanks, It is always a pleasure to learn from you  |
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