Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Polietes ?
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| Eric Steckx |
Posted on 27-10-2008 21:12
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 Member Location: Belgium Posts: 271 Joined: 15.09.05 |
A last one for today I talked with Christine some days ago about a similar fly and she suggested Polietes. Is these Polietes, too ? Aywaille (B), 26 october 2008 Thank for your help Eric Steckx attached the following image:  [100.33Kb] Eric Steckx |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 27-10-2008 21:21
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 Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
She had a good suggestion. 
Stephane. |
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| Eric Steckx |
Posted on 27-10-2008 21:31
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Member Location: Belgium Posts: 271 Joined: 15.09.05 |
Merci Stéphane !  Is it possible to guess the species according to this picture ? Eric Steckx |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 27-10-2008 21:34
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Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
I think it's P. lardarius, but I'd need a lateral view to be sure it is not P. meridionalis.
Stephane. |
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| Eric Steckx |
Posted on 27-10-2008 21:59
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Member Location: Belgium Posts: 271 Joined: 15.09.05 |
Unfortunately I don't have any lateral view. On this bad facial view, we can discern the lateral thorax, but there's likely not sufficient. According to Fauna Europaea, Polietes meridionalis seems to be lacking in Belgium and the Netherlands, but there's maybe a mistake (not the first one on this site) Eric Steckx attached the following image:  [40.07Kb] Eric Steckx |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 27-10-2008 22:21
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Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
Well, it was worth checking : with this broad golden parafacialia it is very likely P. meridionalis (if I see well).
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| Eric Steckx |
Posted on 27-10-2008 22:27
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Member Location: Belgium Posts: 271 Joined: 15.09.05 |
Merci, It is very interesting. If the weather turn less rainy I'll return there to take more pictures. Eric Steckx |
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| Jan Willem |
Posted on 28-10-2008 08:11
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 Member Location: Waalwijk, The Netherlands Posts: 2158 Joined: 24.07.04 |
Hi Éric, P. meridionalis is known from The Netherlands and I expect it also to be known already from Belgium. That this species is not mentioned as occurring in Belgium and The Netherlands on the Fauna Europaea site doesn't say much. I know a lot of flies that are known from The Netherlands but are not mentioned as such on the Fauna Europaea site. The Fauna Europaea database is far from complete. Jan Willem van Zuijlen |
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