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 Villa modesta?, North Sweden.
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| viktor j nilsson |
Posted on 08-08-2008 15:33
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Member Location: Gothenburg, Sweden Posts: 203 Joined: 25.02.08 |
Hi, any chance this Villa sp. can be ID'd from a photograph? The range of possible species is quite limited here, as it is photographed in Ume?, Sweden, at 65 degrees North. Of the genus Villa, only modesta, occulta and hottentotta has been reported this far north in Sweden, and I doubt hottentotta can look like this. Can this be identified as V. modesta? Cheers, Viktor (photo taken by Katarina Stenman) viktor j nilsson attached the following image:  [88.61Kb] Edited by viktor j nilsson on 08-08-2008 15:35 |
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| David Gibbs |
Posted on 08-08-2008 17:17
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 Member Location: Bristol, UK Posts: 833 Joined: 17.06.06 |
Why do you exclude hottentotta? looks like one to me. it appears to be a male but i cannot see silvery tegula so (if this is really the case) it should not be modesta. |
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| viktor j nilsson |
Posted on 14-08-2008 16:13
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Member Location: Gothenburg, Sweden Posts: 203 Joined: 25.02.08 |
I have paid only casual attention to these flies, and I thought that the tergites of hottentotta should have a more "striped" appearance. I hadn't really realized that the transverse stripes on the tergites of hottentotta are dustspots, and as such are easily worn off (or be less visible in some angles). I think that you are right about hottentotta, but I will wait until I catch some. |
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| Kahis |
Posted on 14-08-2008 21:21
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 Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1999 Joined: 02.09.04 |
It is a male hottentotta. In this species only the females have strong bands of short yellow hairs on the abdomen.
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