Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Exoprosopa sp
Posted by Arthropa on 03-06-2009 22:44
#1
Hi everyone,
I need your help for this bombylid...
(Messigny et Vantoux - Burgundy - France - 14th July 2008)
After a quick glance at gallery and former threads in this forum, my opinion is that the answer should either be "
Exoprosopa jacchus or
Exoprosopa pandora", or "unidentified
Exoprosopa"
Let's say I'd prefer first option ! :D
So, what about it ?
Posted by David Gibbs on 04-06-2009 09:42
#2
Exoprosopa jacchus or
Exoprosopa pandora are not reliably separable without examination of epiphallus but only
jacchus occurs in France.
Posted by Arthropa on 04-06-2009 21:36
#3
David Gibbs wrote:
Exoprosopa jacchus or Exoprosopa pandora are not reliably separable without examination of epiphallus but only jacchus occurs in France.
Great David ! Many thanks !
E. pandora meanwhile should occur in France according to
Fauna Europaea distribution informations. But as far as I know, this would not be the first mistake in
Fauna Europaea ?...
Posted by David Gibbs on 05-06-2009 08:17
#4
Greathead 2001 give distribution of
pandora as Balkans, Asia Minor and North Africa. However, i know that David did not dissect any mainland European
pandora (pers comm) and all my own Greek specimens are
jacchus. In Europe
pandora probably confined to the Greek islands close to the Turkish coast.
Edited by David Gibbs on 05-06-2009 08:18