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| Andreas Haselboeck |
Posted on 15-07-2007 20:32
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 Member Location: Stuttgart / Germany Posts: 612 Joined: 15.07.07 |
Hello, can anyone identify this fly - perhaps Conops quadrifasciatus?  Found near Frankfurt / Germany. Sorry, I have only this one picture from the back. Best regards Andreas Andreas Haselboeck Stuttgart / Germany http://www.naturs... |
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| David Clements |
Posted on 18-07-2007 14:57
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Member Location: Cardiff, UK Posts: 80 Joined: 21.04.07 |
The yellow scutellum rules out Conops quad, and most other Conops in Europe except scutellatus or silaceus. I would guess this to be Conops scutellatus, which is not a common species (and absent here in the UK). |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 18-07-2007 16:57
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18822 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Or it is a Leopoldius ? Theo Zeegers |
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| David Clements |
Posted on 18-07-2007 19:53
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Member Location: Cardiff, UK Posts: 80 Joined: 21.04.07 |
Could be a Leopoldius, but I am pretty familiar with the European 'black & yellow' Leopoldius (new key in preparation), and this specimen does not look right for this genus to me. |
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| Andreas Haselboeck |
Posted on 19-07-2007 11:22
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Member Location: Stuttgart / Germany Posts: 612 Joined: 15.07.07 |
Thank you very much for your feedbacks concerning my fly. G?nter Schwendinger already pointed out the problem of differentiation between Conops and Leopoldius. Without a foto of the front or at least from the side it is almost impossible to classify it. So I will put it into my archives as unknown. Best wishes Andreas Haselboeck Stuttgart / Germany http://www.naturs... |
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