Posted by ValerioW on 19-07-2016 13:39
#8
Paul Beuk wrote:
ValerioW wrote:
[quote]Rozkosny said "probably a mediterranean species, but distribution is unknown'...
Sure, and since the few known localities are Sicily and North Africa we should expect it in NW Europe? 'Probably Mediterranean' was already streching it to what he expected its distribution to be, I think. ;)
Moreover: why legs'colour don't match with pantherinus? They are very different, and not described in known variations
Perhaps not so uniform in leg colour after all? See this image:
http://www.dipter...to_id=8606.
Yes Paul, I understand all your objections and they make sense (BTW: the specimen of your link has near the same legs'pattern as this one, and is sure), but I think we are in a field that is too prone to speculations. Just to talk: who can exclude that this isn't another species that is showing unexpected variations? ;)
Apart jokes and rethoric, considering the known distribution the chance it can be
nigrifrons is very low, and I knew it from the begining; but I think that we'd better not be firm with distribution pattern, because as we have learned too many times: living forms migrates with us and with our goods (sometimes they even become endemic...like american
Sceliphron caementarium in Italy, that has near defeated
S. spirifex in northern Italy, supported by indian
S. curvatum ). :)