Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Bibio anglicus (female)?
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 30-04-2008 21:22
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I have keyed these in the past and they always came out at Bibio anglicus but just wondered if everyone else agrees?  Seen in southern England - 26/4/2008
ChrisR attached the following image:  [54.25Kb] Edited by ChrisR on 30-04-2008 21:58 |
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| Robert Heemskerk |
Posted on 30-04-2008 21:47
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hi Chris, I cannot see the picture..  something went wrong I gues.. Greeting, Robert Heemskerk ---- WWW: http://robertheem...ndedag.htm --- |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 30-04-2008 21:58
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Sorry - not sure what happened - maybe i got too excited and forgot to attach it  |
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| Robert Heemskerk |
Posted on 01-05-2008 00:14
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Another redish female Bibionidae is Bibio hortulanus, but the wings of Bibio hortulanus is much more milky I guess.. This Bibio got really darkened coloured wings. Edited by Robert Heemskerk on 01-05-2008 00:15 Greeting, Robert Heemskerk ---- WWW: http://robertheem...ndedag.htm --- |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 01-05-2008 10:35
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
I will have to get some better photos of this species because I am sure it isn't hortulanus - in specimens I have here (collected on other days) the base of r4+5 is a little shorter than r-m and in Freeman & Lane (1985) it says the base of r4+5 should be longer than r-m. I'll try to take some today, if I see them |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 03-05-2008 08:10
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It is more than likely to be anglicus: hortulanus does not occur before, say, may 10 th. Moreover, it looks like anglicus, but you are right, we need to see the wing venation. Theo |
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