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 Conopidae - Myopa strandi ?
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| pjoris |
Posted on 09-04-2009 11:47
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Can somebody refute or confirm this is Myopa strandi ? It was caught 5-april-2009 near Leuven (Belgium). Thanks, Joris
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| pjoris |
Posted on 09-04-2009 11:49
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Posted on 09-04-2009 11:50
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Posted on 09-04-2009 11:51
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 09-04-2009 20:31
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19143 Joined: 21.07.04 |
I don't know strandi, but this one is not normal. The wing reminds me of polystigma, however, the thorax is clearly reddish. So it might be something special,.... Theo |
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| pjoris |
Posted on 10-04-2009 08:59
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Thanks - any keys/papers I should check to see if it is something special (I just used the Van Veen key for now). Joris |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 10-04-2009 18:34
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19143 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Wait for Jens Hermann Stuke to help you. Strandi is very rare and hardly anybody has experience with this species, I guess. Theo |
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| jhstuke |
Posted on 10-04-2009 19:29
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Member Location: Leer, Germany Posts: 147 Joined: 06.06.07 |
There are good reasons for hirsuta (=strandi auct.) as the long hairs, the orangebrown posterior mesoscutum, the wing colouration. To be sure I have to check the specimen. There is a revision of the testacea group with a new key published in Zootaxa. If anyone is interested in it I can send a pdf. Jens-Hermann |
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