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Posted by Maherjos on 17-05-2014 20:49

Photograph taken on May 17, 2014, in agricultural estate with avocados and custard apples and other fruit.
Motril, Granada, Spain.
Immediate area of the Mediterranean coast.

Thanks for help!

Edited by Maherjos on 18-05-2014 19:08

Posted by Zeegers on 18-05-2014 08:16

very interesting:
black tegula, broad third antennal segment and a pair of median marignal bristles on syntergite 1&2: would imply S. hokkaidensis ??
you are not supposed to have this species, I think.

I guess it has not been collected ?

theo

Posted by Maherjos on 18-05-2014 08:35

Zeegers wrote:
very interesting:
black tegula, broad third antennal segment and a pair of median marignal bristles on syntergite 1&2: would imply S. hokkaidensis ??
you are not supposed to have this species, I think.

I guess it has not been collected ?

theo

I did not know it could be interesting. Had I known, I would have tried to collect for you. Just take pictures, I have no knowledge of entomology. Just trying to harvest when I think it can be interesting for specialists. Will try capture, if I return to find her.
If I have more photos, add some more.

Would correct the name Siphona cf. hokkaidensis.

I am very grateful for your support.
Kind regards from southern Spain.
José Marín :)

Posted by Zeegers on 18-05-2014 17:26

#12

Well, we never will be 100 % sure, but it does look like hokkaidensis.

Would be the first for the Iberian peninsula

Theo

Posted by Maherjos on 18-05-2014 17:47

#13

Zeegers wrote:
Well, we never will be 100 % sure, but it does look like hokkaidensis.

Would be the first for the Iberian peninsula

Theo

Thanks for your reply

Well, it would not be the first dipterous, who photographed for the first time in the Iberian Peninsula. ;)
http://www.dipter...d_id=43641

As would be more accurate to call: Siphona hokkaidensis or Siphona cf. hokkaidensis ?
It is a female?

Kind regards

Edited by Maherjos on 18-05-2014 18:06

Posted by ChrisR on 18-05-2014 18:51

#14

With photos I would always use "cf." because they are difficult enough with specimens but with photos we can never know if we are seeing all of the characters clearly enough ;)

Posted by Maherjos on 18-05-2014 19:01

#15

ChrisR wrote:
With photos I would always use "cf." because they are difficult enough with specimens but with photos we can never know if we are seeing all of the characters clearly enough ;)

I appreciate your instructions. So I edit the title. :)

Best wishes from southern Spain.

Posted by Maherjos on 18-05-2014 19:12

#17

Zeegers wrote:
In the case of Siphona I am never sure.

Other than this is a male

Theo

Thanks again, Theo. So I take it into consideration.

Best wishes from southern Spain.

José Marín