Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Conopidae - Leopoldius diadematus (male)
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| Liliane D |
Posted on 04-12-2022 16:13
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Member Location: France Posts: 738 Joined: 16.08.17 |
Hello, In the south of France, September 23, 2014. I hesitate between Leopoldius and Conops. Thanks for your advice Liliane D attached the following image:  [122.95Kb] Edited by Liliane D on 04-12-2022 21:04 |
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| Liliane D |
Posted on 04-12-2022 16:15
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Member Location: France Posts: 738 Joined: 16.08.17 |
The underside
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| Liliane D |
Posted on 04-12-2022 16:16
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Member Location: France Posts: 738 Joined: 16.08.17 |
The wing nervation.
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| Liliane D |
Posted on 04-12-2022 16:16
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Member Location: France Posts: 738 Joined: 16.08.17 |
It seems to me that the posterior transverse vein is connected to the R cell at half its length? Or very close to half!
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| eklans |
Posted on 04-12-2022 17:11
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Member Location: Franconia, Germany Posts: 4414 Joined: 11.11.18 |
Hello Liliane, the snout is very short and yellowish - I think it's a Leopoldius cf. signatus, male.
Greetings, Eric |
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| Liliane D |
Posted on 04-12-2022 17:52
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Member Location: France Posts: 738 Joined: 16.08.17 |
Thanks a lot Eric, I had thought of Conops silaceus, a Mediterranean species that also seems to have a yellowish snout. But I have a hard time appreciating the length of the snout. Maybe this would be Leopoldius diadematus? I see that Leopoldius signatus has a black spot on the femurs 3 while here the femurs are entirely yellow. |
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| eklans |
Posted on 04-12-2022 18:15
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Member Location: Franconia, Germany Posts: 4414 Joined: 11.11.18 |
You are right: L. signatus has that black spot on femur 3. L. diatematus should have the "yellow stripe on frons as wide as the black one, front border of black stripe with two yellow incisions" (van Veen key), but I cannot see the frons good enough.
Greetings, Eric |
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| Liliane D |
Posted on 04-12-2022 20:18
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Member Location: France Posts: 738 Joined: 16.08.17 |
If it is indeed the yellow and the black bands on the head, I have this bad photo that allows you to see the width of the bands and the pattern of the yellow band.
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| eklans |
Posted on 04-12-2022 21:00
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Member Location: Franconia, Germany Posts: 4414 Joined: 11.11.18 |
Yes, that's the black band with the 2 yellow incisions! 
Greetings, Eric |
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