Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Small reddish Hybotidae

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 23-07-2006 14:00
#1
July 21, 2006.
Size around 2mm.

Posted by David Gibbs on 23-07-2006 16:02
#2
In GB i would call this Drapetis ephippiata (Fall?n, 1815)

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 23-07-2006 16:13
#3
Thanks a lot David

Posted by Jan Willem on 24-07-2006 08:37
#4
Hi Dima,

I agree with David. There are three other species (in the Palaearctic region) in the subgenus Elaphropeza but these are all Mediteranian. So I think it's save to say that your specimen belongs to Drapetis (Elaphorpeza) ephippiata.

Jan Willem

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 24-07-2006 08:47
#5
Many thanks Jan