Posted by paqui on 30-08-2011 20:08
#1
Hello, this one's so curious for me as it doesnīt fit with any of this 3: A. monilis, A. phatta, A. longistyla because itīs abdomen's so pale (even dorsal view has no spot)! It seems all those 3 have black-dark bands on the terguites. Theres a 4th species recorded in Spain, A. dusoleili. The other 2 species at Faunaeur.org are far from Spain.
Thje pic was taken by Miguel Yuste
http://www.biodiv...earch.html- In Segovia (Central Spain)
- next to fruit trees, a river, Populus and Ulmus
- 806m
- 19th. june
I see it has the spotted wings and the legs with rings, so I think Itīs Ablabesmyia, but, could it be A. dusoleili ??
Thanks a lot!
Edited by paqui on 30-08-2011 23:28
Posted by John Carr on 30-08-2011 22:56
#2
It's a female
Ablabesmyia. In America females of the genus are not identifiable to species, and most males are only identifiable with slide mounts.
If I saw this in America I would say subgenus
Karelia based on the wing spot pattern (location of spot in m cell). There are no described European species in the subgenus but Roback (1971) mentioned some undescribed species from Austria.
Posted by paqui on 30-08-2011 23:27
#3
thank you, your comments are very interesting :)