Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Limonia splendens (copula)?

Posted by KostasZontanos on 05-05-2018 16:38
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In sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa) forest at Mount Chortiatis, Thessaloniki, Greece. April 29, 2018.
Id based on illustrations of wing in https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Levente_Peter_Kolcsar/publication/324080230_New_faunistic_records_of_the_genus_Limonia_Meigen_Limoniidae_Diptera_Insecta_from_the_Balkan_region/links/5abccb48a6fdcccda6568c35/New-faunistic-records-of-the-genus-Limonia-Meigen-Limoniidae-Diptera-Insecta-from-the-Balkan-region.pdf

Edited by KostasZontanos on 05-05-2018 16:40

Posted by clovis on 07-05-2018 01:07
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Don't know the specie, but also check if it isn't L maculipennis

Posted by KostasZontanos on 07-05-2018 19:12
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@clovis
Thank you! L. maculipennis isn't present in Greece. L. pannonica and L. splendens that are present in Greece are very similar to L. maculipennis.