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I found 2 Conopidae (Conops sp ?) in Chambolle-Musigny (21), France on 1st August 2004.

Approx wing span is 15 mm.

Here is the first one :




And here is the second one :


Can anyone give them a name ?

Thanks ! ;)

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Hai Benoit,
The first specimen (3 pictures) is most certainly a Conops flavipes. Black and yellow, scutellum half black half yellow, femur 3 yellow at base, with broad black ring in tophalf. This is a female. Especially in the second picture, from the side, the genital organ is very clearly visible. Nice pic!! The species is quite common. Known hosts are Bombus lapidarius, Osmia spec. and Vespula rufa
The second one is most likely Conops scutellatus. Characteristics are the silvery stripe on the side of the thorax, the yellow scutellum and the black stripe running from the base of the antennae to the frons (just visible in the picture) Known host is Vespula vulgaris
Greetings

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That is consistant with what I understood of the key to species on this website : http://home.hccne...onops.html.
The sole difference is for the second Conops : the key gives "C. scutatus Meigen". Is it an error ? a synonym of C. scutellatus ?

Thanks for your numerous ID, Gerard !

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I think scutellatus is the correct name but Mark will correct me if I am wrong and probably will correct his internet key when he was wrong. ;)

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Not a work of art. I have got it down as the genus Conops.

Shoreham, Sussex, this morning.

Location:
http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Waterworks2006.html

There does not seem to be any better images of what is probably a frequently seen fly.

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Sorry, but you can start gain from scratch: Vespoidea (Hymenoptera). :(

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Whoops! Looking it up now. Too much of a rush.

Vespoidae is presumably the Superfamily which means quite a lot. What book do I need?

FSC Publications
ADD TO YOUR BASKET
Scolioidea, Vespoidae & Sphecoidea
Code: 7022 Author(s): Richards Date: 1980 Price: ?8.30
http://www.field-studies-council.org/publications/pubsinfo.aspx?Code=7022

which is what I found.