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Posted by picotverd on 12-08-2009 22:16

Maybe 1.600 mts aprox a couple of days ago, at catalonian pyrenees...

Edited by picotverd on 23-07-2017 22:19

Posted by picotverd on 12-08-2009 22:18

A bad photo but maybe helps... the fly was near a little river, protected inside a rock

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 12-08-2009 22:18

Stratiomyidae. :)
This is one of the most spectacular stratiomyids I've seen! Lucky you!

Posted by picotverd on 12-08-2009 22:35

Well i am not very sure (a lot of photos and walking that day) but i would say a little less than a domestic fly...
Maybe i can repeat the walk because it is not very far from home...

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 12-08-2009 22:42

Maybe an Oxycera sp. Not sure.

Posted by picotverd on 12-08-2009 23:10

Oxycera for Spain listed: Species flava
Species germanica
Species leonina
Species locuples
Species marginata
Species morrisii
Species pardalina
Species pygmaea
Species rara
Species trilineata
Species varipes

Posted by paqui on 13-08-2009 18:40

6mm.? O. cf. marginata ? I don�t trust my old german keys, but it seems to fit, beatiful :)

Posted by picotverd on 13-08-2009 19:44

Thank you Jorge and Paqui, i will upload to the gallery as O. cf marginata...

Posted by picotverd on 13-07-2015 10:10

#10

6 years later at the same locality I found again an Oxycera which I think it is O. marginata... But the fly stopped at my right hand and began to clean itself so I had to take photo with my left hand!!!

Edited by picotverd on 13-07-2015 11:13

Posted by picotverd on 13-07-2015 11:24

#13

Thanks a lot!
I forgot to say that the place, wich is a fountain / old drinking trough is the same place where I also found this Oxycera: http://www.dipter...pid=160071
By the other hand, Fontinalis antipyretica it is found at this place.
P.D: the ID of the first fly from 2009 is correct?

Edited by picotverd on 13-07-2015 11:26

Posted by rvanderweele on 13-07-2015 11:42

#14

of http://www.dipter...pid=160071? I think so. In case you have the possibility to catch some specimens, please, send a male and female to me. I have only a limited number of Oxycera specimens in my collection. It would be good to add some.

Posted by picotverd on 13-07-2015 12:22

#15

Ok, I will try to collect them. Indeed I collected this dead one, wich it is Stratiomyidae, isn't it?

Posted by rvanderweele on 13-07-2015 12:33

#16

LOL! Not so easy. I think it is a female Chloromyia. Impossible to say which one.

Posted by picotverd on 23-07-2017 22:22

#17

From some days ago at the same place, some more better photos from the male...