Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Dilophus femoratus? from Norway
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| gedra |
Posted on 28-12-2009 22:16
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 Member Location: Norway Posts: 327 Joined: 08.02.09 |
Female with red upper part of front leg - can it be Dilophus femoratus? Found on west coast of Norway (Hordaland) in beginning of June. gedra attached the following image:  [82.01Kb] Geir |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 29-12-2009 16:28
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19036 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Looks like it, especially when it is from lower altitudes. Dilophus is very difficult genus, impossible to be sure from picture. Theo |
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| Gunnar M Kvifte |
Posted on 30-12-2009 19:00
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Member Location: Kassel, Germany Posts: 436 Joined: 18.08.09 |
For Norwegian Dilophus species, see Skartveit 1996 or Skartveit 2004. Skartveit, J. (1996) Distribution and flight periods of Norwegian Dilophus Meigen, 1803 (Diptera, Bibionidae), with a key to species. Fauna Norvegica Serie B, 43, 35-46. (available from here) Skartveit, J. (2004) Nordiske hårmygg (bibionidae). Larver og imagines. Norske Insekttabeller, 17, 1-26. (available from here) |
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