Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Thyreus bee
Posted by zcuc on 25-10-2007 10:03
#1
Few days ago, Israel.
I first was mistaken to this it is a Syrphidae fly but after a good look found it is actually a wasp.
Can anyone ID?
Edited by zcuc on 28-10-2007 01:38
Posted by ChrisR on 25-10-2007 13:51
#2
I can't see clearly enough but if the hairs have branches then it is a bee :)
Posted by Andre on 25-10-2007 13:58
#3
Flattened tibia and metatarsa?... it's a bee. Apidae.
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 25-10-2007 17:49
#4
I'D say Apidae as well. ;)
Posted by Juergen Peters on 25-10-2007 19:58
#5
Hello!
Possibly genus
Thyreus (?).
Posted by zcuc on 26-10-2007 01:26
#6
Thanks Juergen,
Looks like Thyreus :D there is another similar genus named Melecta but this one looks more like Thyreus.
Edited by zcuc on 26-10-2007 01:27
Posted by pierred on 26-10-2007 07:28
#7
Hello,
The specimen looks like
T. ramosus, drawn on page 342 of the 5th volume of Amiet et al. But there may be other species in the east-mediterranean region.
Posted by zcuc on 28-10-2007 01:50
#8
hey pierred,
there are several known sp. in Israel:
Thyreus hyalinatus
Thyreus ramosellus
Thyreus ramosus
Thyreus tricuspis
Thyreus truncatus
According to map distribution I think also possible to find:
Thyreus affinis
Thyreus elegans
Thyreus histrionicus
ramosus indeed looks like mine, but I don't know the keys for the other species. Do you know which sp. from the list are for sure not the one in my phoho?
Posted by pierred on 28-10-2007 10:02
#9
Hello,
I still don't know how to use the key efficiently. I can't help you more on this.
Posted by Christian Schmid-Egger on 28-10-2007 10:54
#10
Thyreus is one of the 'diffult' genera, even for the few specialists.
Regards, Christian