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 Rhagionidae: Chrysopilus splendidus ♀
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| ESant |
Posted on 02-09-2021 17:40
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Member Location: L'Aquila, Italy Posts: 2190 Joined: 20.09.20 |
Hello, I photographed this fly in San Giovanni (BZ), Italy, 1000m a.s.l. on July 12th 2021. I think it is a Chrysopilus, but is it possible to identify its species from these photos? Thank you in advance, Emanuele ESant attached the following image:  [285.92Kb] Edited by ESant on 03-09-2021 10:35 |
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| ESant |
Posted on 02-09-2021 17:41
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Member Location: L'Aquila, Italy Posts: 2190 Joined: 20.09.20 |
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ESant attached the following image:  [289.58Kb] |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 03-09-2021 07:54
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19050 Joined: 21.07.04 |
In principle, a very nice female Ch. splendidus ! One can nicely see the greenish colour on the abdomen. The only problem is there is a cryptic species from France (torrentium), of which we don’t know the female. I wouldn’t bother because nobody can tell. As long as the male of torrentium has not been found in Italy, let’s go for splendidus. Theo |
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| ESant |
Posted on 03-09-2021 10:35
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Member Location: L'Aquila, Italy Posts: 2190 Joined: 20.09.20 |
Thank you very much Theo! |
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| Xespok |
Posted on 03-09-2021 10:47
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 Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5551 Joined: 02.03.05 |
I usually identify this species by having dark femora, while being generally simiar to asiliformis.
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 03-09-2021 15:15
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19050 Joined: 21.07.04 |
That is corrct. The new “Fieldguide to the flies with three puvilli of northwestern Europe, to appear next week in Dutch and early 2022 in English” mentions another instructive feature: eye is green in living asiliformis, red in most other species. Theo |
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| Xespok |
Posted on 03-09-2021 15:59
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Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5551 Joined: 02.03.05 |
I will wait for the English version 
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