Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Chloropidae: cf. Oscinimorpha novakii

Posted by Roger Thomason on 20-10-2020 06:52
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Looks like Oscinimorpha novakii ,which according to Michael von Tschirnhaus is;- "Not rare in all Mediterranean countries incl. Israel. The long proboscis protruding over the mouth margin, being blackish above; at least the first two tergites of the abdomen reddish-brownish, mostly the whole abdomen reddish (rare in this genus); three slightly impressed furrows on the mesonotum (= scutum), misleading beginners to the genus Tricimba; a robust Oscinimorpha, flower visitor similar to O. minutissima, O. koeleriae and Trachysiphonella ruficeps (= pygmaea). Larval substrate unknown. The long proboscis is also used for kleptoparasitic ingestion of the pre-digested food of zoophagous Heteroptera and spiders".

Regards

Roger.

But knowing my luck it'll be something different :S :D

Edited by Roger Thomason on 20-10-2020 06:58