Posted by NakaRB on 29-10-2014 20:49
#1
Russia, Moscow region, 10.05.2014
Edited by NakaRB on 31-10-2014 21:29
Posted by Ectemnius on 30-10-2014 08:32
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Hello NakaRB,
Wow! Nice photo of a very nice species. There are not many Cheilosia species with a broad head, like this one. Eyes haired, broad head, yellow antennae with black tip, hind tibia entirely yellow, and scutellum without bristles at the hind margin. All these features point to Cheiloisa nebulosa!
A species which is presumably, for the development of its larvae, dependent on Centaurea sp.
There are no pictures of this species in the gallery and very few available elsewhere on the web. Pinned specimens shown here
https://www.flick...877437731/
Greetings,
Ectemnius