Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Bombyliidae>Spogostylum tripunctatum prey
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| nick upton |
Posted on 15-02-2025 14:26
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 828 Joined: 12.03.10 |
A photographed a colourful jumping spider (Philaeus chrysops I believe) with what I think is a Bombylid on the north coast of Corfu on 16.5.24. I have been unable to place this c9mm fly with a bold black and white dorsal abdominal patterning and some orange hairs at the tip of the abdomen to a genus (though some Bombylella and Exoprosopa images had some similarity). I'd be very grateful if anyone can suggest what this fly might be and correct me if I have the wrong fly family entirey! nick upton attached the following image:  [145.11Kb] Edited by nick upton on 18-02-2025 17:34 Nick Upton - naturalist and photographer |
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| nick upton |
Posted on 15-02-2025 14:28
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 828 Joined: 12.03.10 |
As first seen, held by spider
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| nick upton |
Posted on 15-02-2025 14:29
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 828 Joined: 12.03.10 |
Another angle
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| piros |
Posted on 15-02-2025 21:54
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Member Location: Szeged, Hungary Posts: 1805 Joined: 04.01.12 |
Resembles Spogostylum tripunctatum. Greetings, Henrik |
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| nick upton |
Posted on 16-02-2025 17:21
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 828 Joined: 12.03.10 |
Many thanks Henrik. The fly does match images for Spgostylum tripunctatum well, and a very similar fly found on Corfu was thought likely to be this species by David Gibbs a few years ago https://diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?forum_id=5&thread_id=41357. This link https://www.gbif.org/species/1669858 shows a few other records in Greece and up the Adriatic coast, but it doesn't seem to be regularly recorded. It was among limestone rocks on a wild rocky headland NE of Acharavi - where I found many interesting insects.
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