Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Ulidiidae, Cephalia rufipes

Posted by helge on 11-03-2019 09:33
#1

Location: Vienna, Austria
Date: June

Thanks in advance for any help!
Helge

Edited by helge on 11-03-2019 17:05

Posted by Ectemnius on 11-03-2019 11:01
#2

Hi Helge,

It is a species of Ulidiidae, Cephalia rufipes. A female by the looks of it. Is she ovipositing on that wood?

Kind regards,

Ectemnius

Posted by helge on 11-03-2019 17:09
#3

Thank you very much Ectemnius! yes, we think so.

Kind regards,
Helge

Posted by Nosferatumyia on 12-03-2019 07:41
#4

Great.
May I please ask for the locality. I am mapping, and this is quite a local species.

Posted by Ben Hamers on 12-03-2019 11:37
#5

Here is one from the Netherlands:
28-07-2016, Voerendaal, 50.860111 N - 5.96313 E

Apologies for the hopeless picture.
In 2017 I saw another one, but didn't manage to get a photo at all.

Ben

Posted by Ectemnius on 12-03-2019 13:38
#6

@Ben,

Wauw! A Cephalia from the Netherlands. As far as I know there is only a single captured specimen from more then thirty years ago. Very nice find!
As admin on waarneming.nl may I ask if you submit your photo there aswell? It's the only species not found in the family Ulidiidae over there...

Kind regards,

Ectemnius

Posted by Nosferatumyia on 17-03-2019 23:46
#7

Thank you so much! Great! This is one of the few species I never collected, and am curious if it reaches Western Ukraine