Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Two Mediterranean bombyliidae.. one mimics a bee.

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 05-07-2006 23:29
#1

Taken on 5th July 2006 in Silgueiros - VIseu - PORTUGAL with nIKON Coolpix 3100.


The first one mimics a bee: one example of mimicry. But which bee mimics? ;)

ID please:
static.flickr.com/22/182752265_d6bda2daf5.jpg

To see it larger:
http://www.flickr...265&size=o


The second is another Bomyliidae. Anthrax sp. ??? Or another?


static.flickr.com/75/182651042_5f3551218e.jpg

To see it larger:
http://www.flickr...042&size=l

Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 05-07-2006 23:53

Posted by David Gibbs on 06-07-2006 11:17
#2

first one is Villa, a very difficult genus even with specimens. Second one in Hemipenthes velutina