Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Bombyliidae from Rhodes again
Posted by piros on 02-12-2015 00:49
#1
I found this fly on 17-06-2015, near Faliraki. I am clueless even with the genus, but found a bad picture of a rather worn specimen of Caecanthrax arabicus here:
http://www.researchgate.net/publication/275340625_The_bee_flies_(Diptera_Bombyliidae)_of_Jordan
showing a wing pattern very similar to the one I photographed.
Could this sp. have anything to do with the one in the picture? (All my pics are from this angle, unfortunately.)
Thanks for any help!
Greetings,
Henrik.
Edited by piros on 02-12-2015 00:51
Posted by piros on 02-12-2015 00:50
#2
Enlargement of the head, perhaps it helps...
Posted by Piluca_Alvarez on 02-12-2015 08:47
#3
Henrik, it could be. The looks (including venation and abdominal pattern) seem to match my references and the species is present in Rhodes. But I need to go through the description in detail and also check if something similar might be found there too.
You will know from me again about this issue ;)
Posted by piros on 02-12-2015 11:38
#4
Thanks a lot again! It sounds promising already :)
Posted by piros on 02-01-2016 20:11
#5
Dear Piluca, do you still have some doubts about the ID of this fly? I looked through the available check lists of nearby countries, but found nothing really similar to
Caecanthrax arabicus :)
Greetings, and a Happy New Year!
Henrik
Edited by piros on 02-01-2016 20:12
Posted by Piluca_Alvarez on 03-01-2016 21:36
#6
Oops!!! :S
Sorry, Henrik, I have to admit that I completely forgot about checking this one :S Glad to see you solved the mystery by yourself |t
Happy New Year to you too!!! :)
Posted by piros on 04-01-2016 12:14
#7
Thanks Piluca! :)
Greetings
Henrik