Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Lipoptena cervi?
Posted by Sundew on 24-01-2008 23:48
#1
Hi,
This flat critter landed on my trousers in a pine forest on the Island of Usedom in August. I bet it is
Lipoptena cervi (Hippoboscidae).
Regards, Sundew
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 25-01-2008 00:20
#2
I never saw an alive Hippoboscidae. :(
Posted by Zeegers on 25-01-2008 10:25
#3
It's Lipoptena, can't tell from the pictures whether it's cervi or fortisetosa.
But the date might help:
June - August -> fortisetosa
August - November -> cervi
Theo
Posted by Sundew on 25-01-2008 12:57
#4
So August is the worst month for decision... :|
The date was, however, 28. August, therefore I will name the fly
L. cf.
cervi.
Many thanks, Sundew
Posted by Juergen Peters on 25-01-2008 16:01
#5
jorgemotalmeida wrote:
I never saw an alive Hippoboscidae. :(
Visit the german "Mittelgebirge" (lower mountain chains) in autumn :). In some years they are a real pest, landing in numbers on me at the forest - although I'm no deer... ;). Only some weeks of peace between the last
Haematopota and the first
Lipoptena.