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Berlin - September - male - 4.7mm

I found this at my balcony in September and i recognize it as a Bibionidae. I think it is a male Dilophus febrilis. I am hoping for a confirmation.

Also, are there any keys to Palaearctic Bibionidae?

Best wishes,
John

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Hi John, yes it is!

Greetings, Eric

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Hello and Thank you, Eric!

I appreciate you taking time to look at this post and reply.
I know very little about Bibionidae. It is nice to have a confirmation.

Best wishes :),
John

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We still use Duda in Lindner.
For Dilophus, there are excellent reviews by J.-P. Haenni.

Theo

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Thank you, Theo! I appreciate the information. I will seek out this material and study it.
I'll examine the specimen eventually, then i will add helpful pics to the gallery.

Best wishes,
John

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I can’t find a PDF of Haenni on www. This might be a start

https://www.zobodat.at/stable/pdf/ENT_0027_0185-0187.pdf


Theo

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Thank You, Theo!
I appreciate your help. I couldn't find any relevant documents by Haenni either. However, i found a Swedish document which contains drawings of male genitalia and fore tibiae. So this is a good start too.
http://www.sef.nu/download/entomologisk_tidskrift/et_1992/ET%201992%204%2047-51.pdf

I am happy to have info about D. borealis. However, i don't know much about the author Theo Zeegers. I'll have to research this guy :)

I hope that you have a splendid day,
John

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John, if you wish to get Haenni's 1982 paper about Dilophus revision, write me on lib.dvorak[at]seznam.cz
You can get it via "www.uschovna.cz" cloud with instructions how to download. It is a little more than 10 MB file ;-)
Libor

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Hello Libor,

I've sent an email to you. Thank you very much for helping me. I appreciate you and i hope that i can help you with something in return.

Best wishes :),
John

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Excellent . Well done !

Theo