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An interesting little rhinophorid
ChrisR	#1 Posted on 01-09-2009 16:00
Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04	Helene kindly sent me some mixed tachinids and rhinophorids from Provence recently and I have been pouring over them. All of the rhinophorids look like these individuals but they are not similar to any of the rhinophorids that I am familiar with - has anyone got some suggestions? All caught at the end of July / start of August and are between 5 and 8mm long. ChrisR attached the following image: [48.3Kb] Edited by ChrisR on 01-09-2009 16:02 Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London.


ChrisR	#2 Posted on 01-09-2009 16:01
Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04	another specimen... ChrisR attached the following image: [55.6Kb] Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London.


Zeegers	#3 Posted on 02-09-2009 07:52
Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18542 Joined: 21.07.04	DOn't let the colouration distract you. Looks like a Stevenia. Check for the Peleteria-bristles. Theo


ChrisR	#4 Posted on 02-09-2009 08:08
Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04	Yes, they have 3 "Peleteria-bristles" on each side and small hairs all down the parafacial Is it possible to identify Stevenia from southern Europe? Is there a key? Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London.


Zeegers	#5 Posted on 02-09-2009 18:53
Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18542 Joined: 21.07.04	Recent key by Cerretti and Pape in Zootaxa. Should work in Italy Theo


ChrisR	#6 Posted on 02-09-2009 19:08
Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04	Thanks Theo - I have downloaded the key online and it seems to work OK. I have run one specimen through it and that came out to Stevenia deceptoria, which occurs in the region (Provence, France) Edited by ChrisR on 02-09-2009 19:09 Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London.


ChrisR	#7 Posted on 02-09-2009 19:34
Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04	Argh ... the last one is a female and it is totally black with little orange marks on the femurs. Keys out provisionally to S.etrusca, which is given as a "sp.nova" occurring mainly in Italy in the paper but is not listed as a European species in Fauna Europaea Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London.