Thread subject: Diptera.info :: ID Leopoldius ??

Posted by brazz on 21-08-2006 23:08
#1

who can help me in this determination ?
Leopoldius sp??

montains Nort Italy 1200 meter over the sea

http://album.foto.alice.it/brazz/966139

Edited by brazz on 21-08-2006 23:20

Posted by proctoss on 21-08-2006 23:52
#2

advanced foto;)

Posted by brazz on 22-08-2006 00:06
#3

Thanks proctoss for your help

perhaps Conops sp ??

Edited by brazz on 22-08-2006 00:32

Posted by Zeegers on 22-08-2006 18:34
#4

Brazz is right in my opinion:
it is a Conops and I would not be surprised if it is C. flavipes.

Theo Zeegers

Posted by brazz on 23-08-2006 16:32
#5

Thanks Zeegers for your help


ciao Andrea

Edited by brazz on 23-08-2006 16:34

Posted by brazz on 23-08-2006 22:20
#6

this insect seems a Conops flavipes, but his femoras don't have the typical black ring ( as I saw in the net ). His femoras are blackish in the proximal portion and yellow-brown in the distal part..

Andrea Brazzoli

Posted by Tony Irwin on 24-08-2006 09:55
#7

I have problems with this being Conops flavipes. Apart from the leg colour which Brazz mentions, the scutellum is all black, whereas it should have a yellow apex in flavipes. Could this not be Conops quadrifasciatus male, or another Italian species for which I don't have the keys? :)
Incidentally, I believe Gerrard's gallery pictures of Conops quadrifasciatus male and female have been mislabelled.