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Odontomyia (fm. Stratiomyidae)
zcuc	#1 Posted on 31-03-2008 00:53
Member Location: Israel Posts: 492 Joined: 08.10.07	How about this? zcuc attached the following image: [63.8Kb] Edited by zcuc on 31-03-2008 22:13


jorgemotalmeida	#2 Posted on 31-03-2008 00:53
Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06	WOW!! Stratiomyidae! I must go there! Somewhere around Odontomyia I think. Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 31-03-2008 00:58


zcuc	#3 Posted on 31-03-2008 01:14
Member Location: Israel Posts: 492 Joined: 08.10.07	Are they rare? Here in Israel I found lots of them flying around.


komarik	#4 Posted on 31-03-2008 06:36
Member Location: RUS, Moscow reg. Posts: 23 Joined: 05.01.08	Odontomyia flavissima Rossi? I catch seen the same near Novorossiysk - NE Black Sea coast, middle june, low-mountain ulmus-fagus forest, on fabaceae flowers (Coronilla, Doricnium) komarik attached the following image: [64.88Kb]


zcuc	#5 Posted on 31-03-2008 22:12
Member Location: Israel Posts: 492 Joined: 08.10.07	Thanks Komarik, Do you know how it's possible to verify sp. level?


Zeegers	#6 Posted on 01-04-2008 19:36
Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18948 Joined: 21.07.04	I'm not an expert here, but to me it looks more like the related genus Oplodonta. Theo


Gerard Pennards	#7 Posted on 01-04-2008 20:43
Member Location: Amersfoort Posts: 1914 Joined: 07.06.04	Well, I have similar specimens caught in Greece in 2005, and they were identified by Ben Brugge from the Amsterdam Museum as indeed Odontomyia flavissima. Whether there are more similar looking species I don't know. Greetings Greetings, Gerard Pennards


Zeegers	#8 Posted on 02-04-2008 17:42
Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18948 Joined: 21.07.04	I told you, I'm not the expert ! Theo


zcuc	#9 Posted on 02-04-2008 18:00
Member Location: Israel Posts: 492 Joined: 08.10.07	Thanks to all for the identification help.