Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Gonia ornata? --> Gonia vacua
Posted by Jann Wuebbenhorst on 03-05-2020 17:06
#1
Found on a sunny forest edge, 26.04.2020; eastern Lower Saxony (Germany).
best regards,
Jann
Edited by Jann Wuebbenhorst on 16-05-2020 15:43
Posted by Jann Wuebbenhorst on 03-05-2020 17:06
#2
2nd photo
Posted by Jann Wuebbenhorst on 03-05-2020 17:07
#3
3rd photo
Posted by Zeegers on 03-05-2020 18:32
#4
It is a female Gonia, it looks a bit weird in colouration. Is the reflection by a flash or simply the sun ?
Theo
Posted by Jann Wuebbenhorst on 03-05-2020 19:05
#5
It is simply the sun, I didn't use a flashlight.
Posted by Zeegers on 03-05-2020 19:13
#6
It almost looks like vacua. How eastern are you ? East of Hannover ?
Theo
Posted by Jann Wuebbenhorst on 03-05-2020 19:43
#7
The coordinates are 53.318703, 10.712973.
It is about 50 km east of Hannover, and about 100 km north (about 50 km southeast of Hamburg).
Posted by Zeegers on 03-05-2020 20:46
#8
Yeap, it is vacua ! Should be very rare in western Germany, but recorded for Nordrhein Westphalen. I know by own experience it is relatively common in northeastern Poland.
I am not sure if it is mentioned for Niedersachsen in the new checklist by Stuke.
Theo
Posted by Jann Wuebbenhorst on 03-05-2020 21:45
#9
Fine, thank you very much!
Gonia vacua is indeed not in Jens-Hermann Stuke's list for Niedersachsen and Bremen.
Jann