Posted by Igor Grichanov on 21-03-2008 08:53
#3
The female sucking nectar is probably the same species as on your previous photo (dsc6219ui7.jpg), being quite probable:
Hercostomus germanus (Wiedemann, 1817 [F 1824]) [Dolichopus] *
=Dolichopus germanus Wiedemann, 1817: Zool.Mag. (Wied.) 1(1): 71 ** Type locality: Germany: Holstein. Palaearctic: Andorra, Armenia, Austria; Belarus: Minsk, Vinnitsa; Belgium, ?Bosnia and Herzegovina, ?Croatia, Czech, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, ?Macedonia, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania; Russia: Bashkiria, Buryatia, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachai-Cherkessia, Krasnodar, Leningrad, Moscow, Novgorod, Tataria, Ural; Slovakia, ?Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland; Ukraine: Kyiv, Ternopil, Uzhhorod; ?Yugoslavia * Hercostomus
Black antenna, weakly convergent R and M veins, mainly black hind tibia, hind femur black at apex are diagnostic features.
