Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Sphaerophoria scripta? <=
Posted by Lennart Bendixen on 04-06-2015 07:27
#1
Hi,
same here: Is my guess correct and is this the only species in middle Europe having this slim body?
Thank you!
Lennart
2014-09-20, Germany, Schleswig-Holstein, Mohrkirch
Edited by Lennart Bendixen on 07-06-2015 18:07
Posted by Juergen Peters on 05-06-2015 05:15
#2
Hi Lennart,
Lennart Bendixen wrote:
is this the only species in middle Europe having this slim body?
the only species whose males' abdomens reach behind the wings.
Posted by Lennart Bendixen on 07-06-2015 18:06
#3
Thanks again, Jürgen! Does that implicate there are females of other species that have such a long body?
Greetings, Lennart
Posted by Juergen Peters on 07-06-2015 20:14
#4
Lennart Bendixen wrote:
Does that implicate there are females of other species that have such a long body?
No, the females are virtually unidentifiable in the field. Only the males of
S. scripta own such a long abdomen.
Posted by Lennart Bendixen on 08-06-2015 06:54
#5
Oh, that's a pity of course... ;-)
Thank you!
Edited by Lennart Bendixen on 08-06-2015 06:55