Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Conopidae, Sweden
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 02-08-2007 13:51
#2
When I saw these pictures, I thought that I was, for a while, in Eden paradise. Conopids flies are among the most beautiful animals on Earth! It must be! And knowing that they could parasite bees, bumblees and waps during the flight is an amazing thing!
Posted by caliprobola on 02-08-2007 14:42
#3
looks like Physocephala rufipes, look at
this conopidae key. Elongated proboscis, slender S2 of the abdomen, rounded black stripe below antennae.
i can only agree with Jorge... marvelous pics of amazing creatures!
Edited by caliprobola on 02-08-2007 14:45
Posted by Guenter on 02-08-2007 15:56
#4
Femora with black ring --> P. laticincta???
Posted by caliprobola on 02-08-2007 16:01
#5
oops.. i don't know exactly what's the area covered by the Van Veen key... maybe only NW-european species?
Posted by Kahis on 02-08-2007 17:55
#6
Guenter wrote:
Femora with black ring --> P. laticincta???
Unlikely - but of course possible!
P. laticincta is not known from northern Europe. I don't think it reaches the Baltic coast anywhere - is it present in northern Germany or Poland?
Posted by morfa on 03-08-2007 12:21
#7
Thank you for your replies, very interesting! I guess I'll have to mark it down as a <i>sp.</i> for the time being.
What would you say is the most
likely alternative ?
P. rufipes?
And yes Jorge, they truly are beautiful animals!
//John
Edited by morfa on 03-08-2007 12:22
Posted by Kahis on 03-08-2007 13:40
#8
As far as I know, only two species are known from Sweden:
nigra and
rufipes.
P. nigra is rare everywhere,
P. rufipes is reasonably common in southern Sweden and reaches north to Upland - but not to Finland :(
Posted by Zeegers on 03-08-2007 15:27
#9
Seguy describes laticincta as having black rings on all femora and abdomen with golden yellow colouration, no trace of red.
Clearly this doesn't fit. So this is bound to rufipes, agreed, slightly aberrant.
Theo
