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 Laphria empyrea and hecate
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| jaho |
Posted on 23-01-2014 22:53
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 Member Location: Warsaw Posts: 78 Joined: 11.11.11 |
Found this interesting fly in Greece, Peloponnese on 21.V.2009 near Karyes. This female's body length is 26 mm. It took me long to find out which species it represents. Thanks to Engel's 1930 publication, where the original Gerstaecker's description in latin is given, now I'm certain of my determination thus I'm showing a photo of Laphria empyrea and its biotope for the first time on the web.
jaho attached the following image:  [45.58Kb] Edited by Paul Beuk on 06-02-2018 11:09 Jan |
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| jaho |
Posted on 23-01-2014 23:06
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Member Location: Warsaw Posts: 78 Joined: 11.11.11 |
Biotope, goats everywhere...
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| Quaedfliegh |
Posted on 24-01-2014 00:07
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 Member Location: Tilburg Netherlands Posts: 2198 Joined: 18.05.10 |
Nice! In gallery please : )
Greetings, Reinoud Field guide to the robber flies of the Netherlands and Belgium: https://www.jeugdbondsuitgeverij.nl/product/field-guide-to-the-robberflies-of-the-netherlands-and-belgium/ https://www.nev.nl/diptera/ |
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| jaho |
Posted on 26-01-2014 21:45
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Member Location: Warsaw Posts: 78 Joined: 11.11.11 |
You're welcome  . I've submitted several Asilidae photos, but I guess they need a confirmation first to show up.
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| Quaedfliegh |
Posted on 03-02-2018 17:19
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Member Location: Tilburg Netherlands Posts: 2198 Joined: 18.05.10 |
Today I received a very similar specimen from Crete, and this one keys straight out to Laphria hecate. In the original description of empyrea (which is rather short) one can read that the mystax is golden yellow. It also states that the species is very similar to L. flava. The description of Engel himself (he doubts if he has the right species in front of him) is more yellow in chaetotaxy. Did you also consider L. hecate? You can see the type of empyrea here: http://eos.naturkundemuseum-berlin.de/result?Family=Asilidae&Genus=Laphria&Subgenus=&Species=ephippium&InfraspecificEpithet=&AuthorYear=&DrawerCode= Right top. Type of L. hecate is there too, but hard to see anything because the wings are closed on the abdomen. Quaedfliegh attached the following image:  [241.08Kb] Edited by Quaedfliegh on 05-02-2018 16:05 Greetings, Reinoud Field guide to the robber flies of the Netherlands and Belgium: https://www.jeugdbondsuitgeverij.nl/product/field-guide-to-the-robberflies-of-the-netherlands-and-belgium/ https://www.nev.nl/diptera/ |
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| Quaedfliegh |
Posted on 05-02-2018 16:08
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Member Location: Tilburg Netherlands Posts: 2198 Joined: 18.05.10 |
Lateral view for the postsutural hair.
Quaedfliegh attached the following image:  [181.01Kb] Edited by Quaedfliegh on 05-02-2018 16:09 Greetings, Reinoud Field guide to the robber flies of the Netherlands and Belgium: https://www.jeugdbondsuitgeverij.nl/product/field-guide-to-the-robberflies-of-the-netherlands-and-belgium/ https://www.nev.nl/diptera/ |
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| jaho |
Posted on 06-02-2018 00:32
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Member Location: Warsaw Posts: 78 Joined: 11.11.11 |
It seems you are right, Reinnoud and we both have L. hecate. Thanks for attaching your specimen. I remember going through Engel's description over and over but how didn't I notice the "aureo-flavis" mystax, must have been tired... Back then I had no clue the collection in Berlin could be seen online which is so useful than just reading description. Thus, I would kindly ask for changing name in the gallery and the thread.
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 06-02-2018 11:10
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19229 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Done. The thread title you could have changed by editing your first post in the thread but I took care of it.
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| Quaedfliegh |
Posted on 06-02-2018 14:22
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Member Location: Tilburg Netherlands Posts: 2198 Joined: 18.05.10 |
:-)You are welcome Jaho and yes, the Berlin museum is perfect to get a very helpful first impression. Thank you Paul.
Greetings, Reinoud Field guide to the robber flies of the Netherlands and Belgium: https://www.jeugdbondsuitgeverij.nl/product/field-guide-to-the-robberflies-of-the-netherlands-and-belgium/ https://www.nev.nl/diptera/ |
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but don't see the image in the post.