Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Rhagio montanus? -> vitripennis

Posted by treebeard on 29-05-2020 17:04
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Slovakia, Zvolen region, 700 m.a.s.l., village garden on plateau in hilly landscape, 27 May 2020, rather small Rhagio, approx 10 mm.

I have possibly photographed this species before, but it was larger and there were a small difference in the appearance - this new specimen had yellow antennas, while the older (larger) ones from Great Fatra mts. did not.

Except for this, all of them matched the description in M.P. van Veen's key: hyaline wings, uniformly dark pterostigma, thoracic dorsum with longitudinal stripes, yellow femora. My personal observation is a two-tone scutellum (grey base, yellow tip. The first coxa is slightly yellowish.

Best regards
Matej

Edited by treebeard on 30-05-2020 08:16