Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Stratiomyidae - Stratiomys chamaeleon
Posted by Frank Koehler on 01-10-2006 00:02
#1
Good evening,
I?m new to this forum and would like to upload some diptera photos - taken on my beetle tours - to your gallery. There are some families with unidentified specimen and I hope someone is able to help. Today I start with three Stratiomyidae from the central alps.
Thanks in advance
Frank
#0312 Switzerland / Graub?nden: Martina / Inn, 1000 m, VIII.2004
#1126 Austria / Tirol: Nauders / Martawald, 1100 m, VIII.2004
#9374 Italy / Veneto: Paso Tre Croci near Cortina, 1800 m, VIII.2004
Edited by Frank Koehler on 19-10-2006 19:43
Posted by lynkos on 01-10-2006 07:25
#2
Hi there Frank... diversifying ;)? A pleasure to see you here, Sarah.
Posted by Kahis on 01-10-2006 10:37
#3
Welcome. Oooh, pretty pictures of a pretty
Stratiomys. I'll leave the species name to someone who actually knows the central European fauna. We have only one
Stratiomys species here in Finland and it is quite rare :(
Posted by Tony Irwin on 01-10-2006 15:32
#4
This looks like
Stratiomys chamaeleon female. The other species differ in their abdominal, scutellar and head markings.
Posted by Frank Koehler on 01-10-2006 17:42
#5
... Tony, for the fast identification. It?s nice to see, that it is only one species ;-) Best regards Frank
@ Kahis & Sarah: ty for the warm welcome :-) diversifying? No. I started taking photos of flies (all insects) in the warm "beetleless" summer 2003. But this is the only insect order, where chaos is dominating my photo folders. But some families are pretty good identified: Syrphidae, Asilidae, Tabanidae, Tachinidae = the longhorn beetles of Diptera?
Edited by Frank Koehler on 01-10-2006 18:07
Posted by Zeegers on 01-10-2006 19:54
#6
Kahis, take the boat to Estonia !
chamaelon is not rare in Estonia in July, in my experience.
On wet meadows on chalky soils
Theo Zeegers