Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06
I think I am OK with A. loewianus, female, but would welcome more experienced opinions. Photographed yesterday on Wild Carrot Daucus carota. Central lowland France (Indre et Loire/Sud Touraine/Loire Valley).
Susan R Walter attached the following image:
Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06
Thanks Theo. I've only ever recorded A. loewianus from this area, although I see A. fulvus sometimes gets recorded by others. I only have 3 very similar photos of the beast, so probably no help. No specimen because I was participating in a group social walk, not out for insects, so this is just an opportunistic shot as I passed.
Susan
Anyone have scans of the Genus Semaranga in:
1)Kanmiya, K. (1983) A systematic study of the Japanese Chloropidae (Diptera).
2) Andersson, H. (1977 Taxonomic and Phylogenetic studies on Chloropid
Dr Michael von Tschirnhaus, a leading expert on Chloropidae and Agromyzidae, died on 16 September 2025 at the age of 86. He will be greatly missed by the international community. R.I.P.
Anyone has the scan of "Harkness, R. D.; Ismay, J. W. 1976: A new species of Trachysiphonella (Dipt., Chloropidae) from Greece, associated with an ant Cataglyphis bicolor (F.) (Hym., Formicidae)
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