Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Calliphoridae - Stomorhina lunata
Posted by Frank Koehler on 21-10-2006 18:07
#1
... next member of this family: Is this lunata as seen in many threads and the gallery? Greetings Frank
Austria / Osttirol: Tassenbach, Drau, 1000m, IX.2003 (different specimen)
Germany / NRW: Weilerswist, X.2003 on Senecio inaequidens
Edited by Frank Koehler on 22-10-2006 15:41
Posted by Xespok on 21-10-2006 19:39
#2
There should be only one species in Middle Europe. I think your images all show females. Males are rather different, they havea largely yellowish abdomen.
Edited by Xespok on 21-10-2006 19:56
Posted by Frank Koehler on 21-10-2006 20:45
#3
Thank you very much Gabor. There were two problems: 1. Genus as mentioned. 2. This species is doubtful in Germany - says
faunaeur.org In beetles you can?t believe this source, because many experts didn?t use the newest literature. Greetings Frank
Posted by Zeegers on 22-10-2006 09:41
#4
Hi Frank
Stomorhina lunata has moved rapidly to the north in the last 10 years.
It might be expected all the way up to Kiel, in my opinion.
Maybe faunaeur.org missed this recent development.
Theo