Thread subject: Diptera.info :: unusual female Bibio specimen
Posted by xylo on 05-06-2013 16:04
#1
Hi all,
any chanches to go further than
Bibio sp.?!? [Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate), malaise trap, 29. V 2013]
Posted by xylo on 05-06-2013 16:04
#2
close up wing:
Posted by Zeegers on 05-06-2013 16:56
#3
Yeap, well spotted
Options are: venosus, reticulatus or nigriventris.
Venosus is easy to check on spurs on tibia 1.
Nigirventris is easy to check on the short antenna (flagellum with 5 segments only).
My guess is that it is nigriventris.
Theo
Posted by xylo on 06-06-2013 08:04
#4
Hi Theo,
Many thanks for narrowing it down! Indeed, it is a specimen of
B. nigriventris!!!
Posted by Zeegers on 06-06-2013 09:15
#5
Great to hear !
( I found 2 myself this spring, that's why I recognized it so easily)
Theo