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 Leopoldius signatus ? was : Small Conopid
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| Philippe moniotte |
Posted on 16-08-2009 11:11
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 Member Location: Heron, Belgium Posts: 865 Joined: 14.10.05 |
Hello all Any suggestion for this one ? I thought of Leopoldius signatus, male, but the very dark wings and the size (max 8 mm - it was small!) makes me doubt. Thanks for your help Philippe August 15th 2009, Namur, Belgium Philippe moniotte attached the following image:  [58.28Kb] Edited by Philippe moniotte on 18-08-2009 10:31 A beautiful hypothesis can be slain by an ugly fact. |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 17-08-2009 07:49
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
I would have gone for Leopoldius, too.
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| Philippe moniotte |
Posted on 18-08-2009 10:22
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Member Location: Heron, Belgium Posts: 865 Joined: 14.10.05 |
Thanks Paul. Apparently there are not many species of conopidae known from Belgium (36, I read) and most of them infrequent or rare. I wonder which species this might be.... According to this http://home.hccnet.nl/mp.van.veen/conopidae/leopoldius.html it seems the only candidate is L. signatus But the size was reeeeally small : certainly much less than 10 mm I should say... Philippe Edited by Philippe moniotte on 18-08-2009 10:29 A beautiful hypothesis can be slain by an ugly fact. |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 18-08-2009 18:57
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
it seems to have a small proboscis... do you recall if it has a conspicuous proboscis? Leopoldius has a very small proboscis... |
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| Philippe moniotte |
Posted on 19-08-2009 09:42
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Member Location: Heron, Belgium Posts: 865 Joined: 14.10.05 |
Hi Jorge, I don't remember seeing a significant proboscis, but now I didn't really manage a side or frontal view. Yet I think it is very likely a Leopoldius, but which one is the question , I guess... Cheers Philippe A beautiful hypothesis can be slain by an ugly fact. |
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