Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Kowarzia bipunctata
Posted by Jan Wind on 17-08-2019 09:30
#1
Seen 14 august dance fly on stones in small riverbed center of the Netherlands.
It keys out as Kowarzia if I got it right.
a.o.Few hairs on face.
I have no key for differentiating Kowarzia species. Any help appreciated.
Edited by Jan Wind on 22-08-2019 10:35
Posted by Jan Wind on 17-08-2019 09:31
#2
picture nr. 2
Posted by Jan Wind on 17-08-2019 09:32
#3
picture nr.3
Posted by Jan Wind on 17-08-2019 09:32
#4
picture nr.4
Posted by Iain MacGowan on 17-08-2019 10:04
#5
lookslike Clinocerinae genus Kowarzia
Iain
Posted by Jan Wind on 18-08-2019 22:47
#6
Thank you Iain.
Any suggestion to further this request.
Anyone who can help me with a key of Kowarzia species.
(Only Kowarzia bipunctata is listed so far for the Netherlands, but several others occur in neighbouring countries (source Fauna Europaea) and may be potential for our region such as K. barbatula, K. tenella, K. plectrum, K. madicola and K. tibiella.)
Edited by Jan Wind on 18-08-2019 22:48
Posted by Jan Willem on 19-08-2019 19:09
#7
Hello Jan,
I suppose most species are in "Keys to the Insects of the European Part o the USSR" under the genus
Clinocera. If anyone has a more recent key, I would be interested as well :-)
Posted by nielsyese on 20-08-2019 06:51
#8
https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/21415/
Just a few of the species you mentioned are in iT.
Posted by Jan Wind on 21-08-2019 21:38
#9
Thank you Jan-Willem en Niels-Jan for the links and suggestions.
This gives a change to come nearer to species identification.
I wil try to check with Collins Empididae British Flies fig 314 a en c
The yellow legs and form of the surstyles may give a conclusion
Posted by Jan Wind on 22-08-2019 10:34
#10
I got in the meantime a copy of the page Collin 1961 fig 314 c
which is matching with the specimen and is Kowarzia bipunctata
Edited by Jan Wind on 22-08-2019 10:43