Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Billaea maritima? >Billaea sp.
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| piros |
Posted on 05-12-2012 23:40
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Member Location: Szeged, Hungary Posts: 1844 Joined: 04.01.12 |
I found this fly in Szeged, S. Hungary, on the date 08. 06. 2011. To me, it looks very similar to Billaea maritima (female). Is it possible to ID it, based on these pictures? Thanks for any help in advance! Henrik piros attached the following image:  [196.09Kb] Edited by piros on 19-12-2012 23:25 |
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| piros |
Posted on 05-12-2012 23:47
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Member Location: Szeged, Hungary Posts: 1844 Joined: 04.01.12 |
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| piros |
Posted on 05-12-2012 23:47
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piros attached the following image:  [157.12Kb] |
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Posted on 05-12-2012 23:48
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piros attached the following image:  [196.36Kb] |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 06-12-2012 09:32
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
It certainly does look like a Billaea but I will let the experts say whether it might be maritima 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| piros |
Posted on 06-12-2012 11:11
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Member Location: Szeged, Hungary Posts: 1844 Joined: 04.01.12 |
Thank you, Chris! |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 07-12-2012 10:28
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19363 Joined: 21.07.04 |
It most certainly is Billaea, a parasitoid of Cerambycidae, therefore associated with trunks. I doubt whether it is maritima, though, ned to work on that Theo |
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| piros |
Posted on 07-12-2012 12:56
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Member Location: Szeged, Hungary Posts: 1844 Joined: 04.01.12 |
Thank you very much, Theo! Should I make enlargements of specific regions of the fly to aid its identification? (And yes, it was walking on the trunk of an oak tree infested by at least two kinds of Cerambicidae.) Edited by piros on 07-12-2012 13:00 |
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| piros |
Posted on 18-12-2012 01:09
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Member Location: Szeged, Hungary Posts: 1844 Joined: 04.01.12 |
Or could this rather be B. fortis?? |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 19-12-2012 20:25
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
I think this genus is too difficult ot identify reliably without a specimen to examine very closely - the species are very very similar.
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| piros |
Posted on 19-12-2012 23:25
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Member Location: Szeged, Hungary Posts: 1844 Joined: 04.01.12 |
Thank you, Chris! All right, it'll remain Billaea sp. Best regards. Henrik |
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| conopid |
Posted on 20-12-2012 00:57
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 Member Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1039 Joined: 02.07.04 |
Henrik, There are no images of any Bilaea in the gallery. Could you add your excellent images as Bilaea spp? Nigel Jones Edited by conopid on 20-12-2012 00:57 Nigel Jones, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom |
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| piros |
Posted on 20-12-2012 10:51
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Member Location: Szeged, Hungary Posts: 1844 Joined: 04.01.12 |
Hi Nigel! Thank you for your comment on my pics! But, in fact, there are pictures in the gallery of several Billaea sp, like those of B. irrorata, kolomyetzi, maritima and triangulifer. I am not sure if adding pictures of an undetermined Billaea would matter much... Best regards, Henrik |
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