Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Muscidae 2008 from Monegros desert - Lispe candicans
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 07-04-2009 12:21
#1
Hi
This fly was spotted in Saladas de Monegros - SPAIN - in final August 2008. This is one of the most spectacular muscids I've seen. ANy hints of what this could be?
Size about 7 mm - 8 mm.
Thanks!
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 28-06-2010 21:59
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 07-04-2009 12:23
#2
another...
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 07-04-2009 12:25
#3
another...
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 07-04-2009 12:37
#4
another...
Posted by javanerkelens on 07-04-2009 12:42
#5
Looks Lispe to me..
Joke van Erkelens
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 07-04-2009 12:50
#6
it was my first thought as well. If Lispe this must be a new one...
there are two Lispes in Monegros:
Lispe leucospila (Wiedemann, 1830) - maybe this one??
Lispe tentaculata (De Geer, 1776)
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 07-04-2009 16:52
#7
I'd say
Lispe caesia.
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 07-04-2009 17:17
#8
thanks,. and one specimen will go for you. :) Stéphane, in next time I will send you another specimen. you must wait just a little more as Nikita answered first. :P
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 07-04-2009 17:50
#9
I must add a very conspicuous feature that is not visible in tehse photos. There are subtriangular spots in tergites 3 and 4. :)
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 08-04-2009 20:37
#10
Nice find. ;)
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 08-04-2009 20:40
#11
it is very common in saladas in final summer... ;) But it is not easy to catch them. Extremely quick and nervous!
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 08-04-2009 20:53
#12
a bonus... ;)
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 27-05-2010 21:53
#13
I'd say Lispe caesia.
And I was wrong... This ID bothered me during long time.
It is female of
Lispe candicans Kowarz
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 28-06-2010 21:58
#14
Great, Nikita. Thank you a lot. I will try to collect these flies this year.