Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Sepedon (Parasepedon) hispanica hispanica. Confirmed.

Posted by Maherjos on 12-11-2011 19:42
#1

Photograph taken on November, 12 in the wetlands of the Suárez Pond, Motril, Granada, Spain.
Immediate area of the Mediterranean coast.
Approximate size, no antennae or tails 10 mm
Click over the image increases in size

www.hispabase.com/galeria/albums/userpics/10895/_MG_8215_R_800_1-3.jpg

www.hispabase.com/galeria/albums/userpics/10895/_MG_8217_R_800_2-3.jpg

www.hispabase.com/galeria/albums/userpics/10895/_MG_8219_R_800_3-3.jpg

I would appreciate your help identifying this dipterous
Greetings

Edited by Maherjos on 18-11-2011 09:51

Posted by Paul Beuk on 12-11-2011 20:04
#2

Unless there are other species of that genus in Spain it should be Sepedon sphegea.

Posted by Maherjos on 12-11-2011 20:16
#3

Paul Beuk wrote:
Unless there are other species of that genus in Spain it should be Sepedon sphegea.


I appreciate your information. Change the title to that content, to try to get confirmation.
The truth is that I do not know whether there will be other species of this genus. Perhaps another expert can tell us.

Best regards!

Posted by Maherjos on 16-11-2011 13:06
#4

I searched on the site of Spain, Photography and Biodiversity, other possible species of this genus: in Spain.
I found these that are referenced in the Iberian Peninsula:
Sepedon Femorata: http://www.biodiv...38031.html
Sepedon sphegea: http://www.biodiv...68537.html
Sepedon spinipes: http://www.biodiv...84130.html
I have no skills or knowledge to distinguish them.
I find more resemblance to Sepedon spinipes.
Any expert can confirm which is the fly of my photo?
Best regards from the south of Spain.

Edited by Maherjos on 16-11-2011 13:07

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 17-11-2011 13:30
#5

S. Sphegea has frons black.
so, it is either S. spinipes or something interesting...

Posted by Maherjos on 17-11-2011 13:47
#6

Nikita Vikhrev wrote:
S. Sphegea has frons black.
so, it is either S. spinipes or something interesting...


Many thanks for your reply.
You can confirm Sepedon spinipes.? Is there any doubt to confirm.?
If necessary I can upload a photo more.

Best regards.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 17-11-2011 13:56
#7

Sepedon hispanica hispanica. Please, submit for Gallery! I will accept all three of them (and an actual specimen if you have it ;)).

Posted by Maherjos on 17-11-2011 14:59
#8

Paul Beuk wrote:
Sepedon hispanica hispanica. Please, submit for Gallery! I will accept all three of them (and an actual specimen if you have it ;)).


Heh, heh .... This sounds like something new ... which is always exciting. :D
I'm going upstairs to Gallery soon.
At the moment there is no real specimen. I always do all possible photos take flight until ... But while this is the first time I've seen, maybe we will find it again and then ... I'll remember. ;)

Best regards.

Posted by Maherjos on 18-11-2011 02:10
#9

Hello.
I noticed that the gallery has been uploaded as Sepedon (Parasepedon) hispanica hispanica .
What does it mean (Parasepedon) adding parentheses?
Thanks

Maherjos

Posted by Paul Beuk on 18-11-2011 08:36
#10

It has been assigned to a different subgenus than the other species of Sepedon (at least the European species). Parasepedon, among other characters, has no anterior notopleural setae; these setae are present in Sepedon s.str.

Posted by Maherjos on 18-11-2011 09:50
#11

Paul Beuk wrote:
It has been assigned to a different subgenus than the other species of Sepedon (at least the European species). Parasepedon, among other characters, has no anterior notopleural setae; these setae are present in Sepedon s.str.


Thanks for the clarification. Although I am ignorant in the knowledge of the Diptera, I think asking questions, and thanks to your knowledge, I learn something ... little by little ... little by little ... :)
Best regards from the south of Spain