Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Conops flavipes?
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| Ragne |
Posted on 07-08-2008 17:48
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Member Location: SWEDEN Posts: 122 Joined: 09.07.07 |
This Conops looks like a Conops flavipes except it has no yellow on the frontorbital plate like them in the gallery Is it a Conops flavipes or a similar spec ? Location: Southwest Sweden (V?sterg?tland) Date: 2008-AUG-07 Habitat: Roadside in wood Best regards! Ragne Ragne attached the following image:  [54.53Kb] |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 07-08-2008 20:09
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19299 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Yes, C. ceriaeformis fits better. It should have a silvery band on pleura, difficult to assess in this picture. The extreme tip of the scutellum yellow, which seems to be the case. Still, it can turn out to be a dark female flavipes. ? think we need JensHermann here. Theo |
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| Ragne |
Posted on 08-08-2008 07:14
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Member Location: SWEDEN Posts: 122 Joined: 09.07.07 |
Theo Thanks for your answer I call it C. ceriaeformis until JensHermann or any other says it is wrong // Ragne |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 08-08-2008 09:06
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19299 Joined: 21.07.04 |
MISTAKE I'm very sorry, I mentioned the yellowtipped scutellum upside down, so to speak: tip of scutellum is yellow in flavipes, dark in ceriaeformis. So it seems to be a dark flavipes after all. Theo |
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| David Clements |
Posted on 21-11-2008 12:41
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Member Location: Cardiff, UK Posts: 80 Joined: 21.04.07 |
This looks like a male the well-known but uncommon (at least in the UK) melanocephala form of C flavipes. Intermediates occur between completely black-headed and normal form. |
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