Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Lonchaeidae

Posted by Isidro on 23-05-2021 17:26
#1
9th May 2021
Saragossa, NE Spain
200 meters over sea
Anthropic disturbed place

Sorry for the image quality, taken with mobile phone as I had not my camera then

i.ibb.co/WckdSDZ/Lonchaeidae-9-5-21-Zaragoza.jpg

Posted by Iain MacGowan on 23-05-2021 17:30
#2
I think its one of the big Dasiops species, either D. latifrons or D. ensifer

Posted by Isidro on 23-05-2021 20:07
#3
Thanks a lot! Looks like in Spain Dasiops ensifer is recorded only from Balearic Islands, while D. latifrons is well represented in mainland. So I will go with the later!

Posted by Iain MacGowan on 23-05-2021 21:11
#4
The Iberian Lonchaeidae are mot well studied - D. ensifer occurs in Portugal, France and Italy so there is every chance it also occurs in mainland Spain