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Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Helina for ID, C Spain

Posted by Piluca_Alvarez on 15-07-2012 09:03

I think I see the Phaonia bristle. Can it be a male Phaonia trimaculata? Confirmation or correct ID will be most appreciated :)

Taken in the outskirts of Madrid on a flowery meadow on the 2nd May 2012.

Edited by Piluca_Alvarez on 29-07-2012 06:09

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 15-07-2012 18:36

Helina : this is a preapical bristle.

Posted by Piluca_Alvarez on 15-07-2012 20:44

Thanks a lot, Stephane!! |t

Looks rather peculiar to me (so long-legged), comparing to other Herina I have photographed :o But there are so many Helina species in Spain... Any chance of proposing some potential names? B) ;) |t

Thanks!!

Edited by Piluca_Alvarez on 16-07-2012 06:15

Posted by Piluca_Alvarez on 29-07-2012 06:09

Any suggestion of a potential ID (or even a confirmation of it being impossible) would be most appreciated ;)

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 29-07-2012 10:18

If you do want a suggestion, it could be the common Helina reversio, but we cannot even see whether abdomen is spotted or not as a start point.

Posted by Piluca_Alvarez on 30-07-2012 19:33

Thanks a bunch for the suggestion, Stephane!! :)

I think it is a reasonable suggestion ;) There are more pictures of the fly and it HAS an spotted abdomen |t

Posted by Piluca_Alvarez on 30-07-2012 19:36

Adding a more frontal view of it. Does it confirm Helina reversio? Or Helina cf. reversio would be better? Thanks!!