Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Hybomitra from picture

Posted by clovis on 26-02-2017 13:44
#1

Hi,

I only have picture of this male Hybomitra I met a beginning of summer in Central Massif (France) at low altitude, in a area with forest and peat bog.
Do you think it is possible to identify it?
It look a lot like my usual H ciureai, but there is other close species I never met.

www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/image/dos178/big/riom_y_s_montagn.jpg
clovis : France : Riom-ès-Montagnes : 15400 : 22/06/2015
Altitude : 799 m - Taille : 15 mm environ
Réf. : 178512

Posted by Zeegers on 26-02-2017 15:24
#2

Ciureai is unlikely. Seems more like the male of bimaculata, dinstinguenda or muehlfeldi. Males are difficult and we would need razorsharp closeups to be more sure.

Theo

Posted by clovis on 26-02-2017 21:24
#3

Well, I guessed it would be so, but it's still only few possibility left.
Thanks!