Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Bombyliidae - Toxophora fasciculata
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 24-06-2007 12:36
#1
Hi
* locality - Silgueiros - Viseu - PORTUGAL
* date - 2007.06.23
* size - 7 mm (medium fly)
* habitat - openland,
* substrate - in that blue flower. :)
A very rare Bombyliid with such long antennas. I never saw a bombyliid like this! I hope it is possible to get species level...
EDIT ---> Title changed from "Bombyliidae - Toxophora sp." to "Bombyliidae - Toxophora fasciculata"
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 07-04-2010 20:59
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 24-06-2007 12:36
#2
another view
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 24-06-2007 12:37
#3
another view
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 24-06-2007 12:38
#4
another view
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 24-06-2007 12:39
#5
and the last...
Posted by David Gibbs on 24-06-2007 12:45
#6
Toxophora fasciculata Villers
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 24-06-2007 12:48
#7
wow! new genus for diptera.info and new species for Portugal!!! :)
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 24-06-2007 13:03
#8
Which are the other bombyliids that has so long antennas. Usually they have small antennas. These antennas for Toxophora sp. seems like a conopid fly. ;) (from a few moments I will upload another bombyliid - new for forum as well.)
Posted by David Gibbs on 24-06-2007 13:55
#9
There is nothin quite like Toxophora, there is one other name on European (
fuscipennis) list but i do not know if this is really a valid species of if it is weather the European recod is correct, probably not. As for antennae, it is the long scape which makes it unusual amongst Bombyliidae, but ther are other genera which are similar such as
Systropus.
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 24-06-2007 14:10
#10
Yesterday I found lots of various bombyliids! It has an incredible diversity! I saw Usia spp. (there are many - yes, I collected some;); Lomatia spp.; Bombylius spp. (totally yellow, almost golden, for example); Cyllenia rustica (we can see them near river, and away from it, indeed, we can find almost anywhere..); this bombyliid I only saw once time; Hemipenthes morio (I caught H. velutina); perhaps I caught a very big Villa sp. In resume, in just 2 hours I found almost all genus/species in diptera.info gallery. :)