Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Cheilosia?
Posted by Don Martin on 25-05-2008 22:44
#1
Is this a
Cheilosia? Can the species be determined?
Oslo, Norway May 18.
John
Posted by amalia_raluca on 26-05-2008 06:05
#2
this is not a syrphid:p
i think this is a Lonchaeidae species ...
Amalia
Posted by Don Martin on 26-05-2008 11:44
#3
Thank you Amalia! I was way off, but now I know where to start. Although, Lonchaeidae may not be easy...
John :)
Posted by Iain MacGowan on 03-06-2008 16:47
#4
Hi Don
Fortunatelly this is not too difficult a Lonchaeid to identify - and the first time I have seen a photograph of a species in this genus. With the combination such deep genae (the area under the eye) and hairy eyes it is almost certainly a member of the genus
Chaetolonchaea. C. dasyops is the only species so far recorded from Norway and it has long eye hairs - so thats the answer! Would it be possible for you to send me copies of your interesting photographs? ........ Iain
Posted by Don Martin on 20-06-2008 22:35
#5
Thank you for the ID Iain! Pics are on the way.
Regards
John