Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Bibio venosus, couple

Posted by helge on 28-04-2020 19:41
#1

Location: Austria, Styria 28.4.2020
Collected from an oak tree.

Female: Femur and Tibia of all legs partly yellowish.
Maybe B. venosus?

Edited by helge on 28-04-2020 21:27

Posted by helge on 28-04-2020 19:41
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Posted by Sundew on 28-04-2020 20:19
#3

This looks very much like my couple (https://diptera.i...d_id=94610): dark wing veins, very long and slender legs, 8 antennal segments, spurs of front tibiae short and of equal length, inner spurs of hind tibiae (female) about as long as 3rd tarsal segment - B. venosus.
Please try to get bigger pictures, as many decisive characters are minute! This is still one of the "easier" species...
Regards, Sundew

Edited by Sundew on 28-04-2020 20:22

Posted by helge on 28-04-2020 21:26
#4

Thank you very much for your explanation, Sundew!

Helge