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 2015-07-14, N. Germany, Dioctria hyalipennis? <=
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| Lennart Bendixen |
Posted on 07-01-2016 07:51
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Member Location: Northern Germany Posts: 1171 Joined: 19.12.14 |
Hi, so here's another specimen from the same habitat. This should be a female D. hyalipennis, right? I'm a bit uncertain because I had always focused on the hind legs' colour....but this seems to be variable here. Thanks in advance! Lennart 2015-07-14, Northern Germany, S-H, Mohrkirch, fallow land Lennart Bendixen attached the following image:  [191Kb] Edited by Lennart Bendixen on 07-01-2016 22:03 |
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| Lennart Bendixen |
Posted on 07-01-2016 07:51
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Member Location: Northern Germany Posts: 1171 Joined: 19.12.14 |
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| Quaedfliegh |
Posted on 07-01-2016 21:11
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 Member Location: Tilburg Netherlands Posts: 2225 Joined: 18.05.10 |
Yes, this is D. hyalipennis. In my experience the colour of the legs is very variable. I collected specimens with all legs dark and many with thinner or broader black stripes on front and middle femora. Sometimes together on the same shrub.
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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| Lennart Bendixen |
Posted on 07-01-2016 22:03
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Member Location: Northern Germany Posts: 1171 Joined: 19.12.14 |
Thanks for confirmation and additional information - I'll keep this in mind. In fact, I didn't expected it to be that variable... Lennart |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 07-01-2016 22:15
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 Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3939 Joined: 28.07.07 |
The decisive character, in this case, is not colouration but the arrangement of the pale tomentum on the pleura - see key http://www.robber...ctria.html. |
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| Lennart Bendixen |
Posted on 08-01-2016 22:25
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Member Location: Northern Germany Posts: 1171 Joined: 19.12.14 |
Thank you, I even recognised this without the key, but it's good to have one  |
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