Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Bombylidae Conophorinae?
Posted by javig on 20-05-2007 12:10
#1
Taken in Granada, Southern Spain. May 2007. Very common in flowers. This insect has a long proboscis inserted in the flower (hidden in the photo).
Many thanks.
Edited by javig on 20-05-2007 12:12
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 20-05-2007 12:44
#2
Conophorus sp. ?
Here I see many bombyliid flies around. Not now, because it is raining hard... :(
Posted by javig on 20-05-2007 13:14
#3
yes, I also have thought Conophorus... but in a book I read the genus Conophorus has the proboscis same length that the head, but the book is only for French species... Thanks Jorge!
Posted by David Gibbs on 20-05-2007 17:03
#4
I am away from my collection at the moment so have to rely on memory. if it has a long proboscis like
Bombylius then possibly
Bombylisoma.
Conophorus should have a relatively short proboscis and swollen basal antenna segments.
Posted by javig on 20-05-2007 19:40
#5
mmm... yes, it has the basal segments of the antenna swollen, and the proboscis is shorter than Bombylius, but not very short... :|
Another view (it's not a good photo):
thanks to all
Posted by David Gibbs on 23-05-2007 18:00
#6
looking at my specimens i conclude that this is
Conophorus but not a species i have specimens of so cant say more without specimens.