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 Psilota sp. male (ID by Piluca Álvarez); SW Spain
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| Andre Burgers |
Posted on 08-04-2016 19:21
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 Member Location: Minas de Riotinto, Huelva Province, Spain Posts: 1125 Joined: 23.04.10 |
A very hairy little fly with the looks of Lonchaeidae, but the wings don't seem to fit. 
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| Andre Burgers |
Posted on 08-04-2016 19:22
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Member Location: Minas de Riotinto, Huelva Province, Spain Posts: 1125 Joined: 23.04.10 |
And a second photo:
Andre Burgers attached the following image:  [167.26Kb] errare humanum est sed perseverare diabolicum |
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| Piluca_Alvarez |
Posted on 08-04-2016 22:21
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 Member Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 2431 Joined: 06.11.10 |
André, that is a Syrphid  My bet is on a male Psilota anthracina. However, not my area of expertise Better wait for more opinions... |
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| Andre Burgers |
Posted on 08-04-2016 23:01
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Member Location: Minas de Riotinto, Huelva Province, Spain Posts: 1125 Joined: 23.04.10 |
Hi Pilu, Didn't see that one coming!!!  So, Wednesday, instead of 2 new genera of Syrphidae, I have 3. And just in a couple of minutes, and on the same flower.  Muchísimas gracias! 
Edited by Andre Burgers on 09-04-2016 07:23 errare humanum est sed perseverare diabolicum |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 09-04-2016 08:10
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19288 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Yes, that is a male Psilota. Recently, several new species have been described (see Smit & Zeegers and Smit & Vujic), so it will be very challenging to get an ID on this male. Get Psilota in the title and wait for John Smit (or send him an email !). Theo |
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| Andre Burgers |
Posted on 09-04-2016 09:57
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Member Location: Minas de Riotinto, Huelva Province, Spain Posts: 1125 Joined: 23.04.10 |
Zeegers wrote: Yes, that is a male Psilota. Recently, several new species have been described (see Smit & Zeegers and Smit & Vujic), so it will be very challenging to get an ID on this male. Get Psilota in the title and wait for John Smit (or send him an email !). Theo Very interesting indeed. I will leave the title in "Psilota sp." and if there is no answer today, tomorrow I will send John an e-mail. Bedankt, Theo!!! errare humanum est sed perseverare diabolicum |
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