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 Helina for ID, C Spain
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| Piluca_Alvarez |
Posted on 15-07-2012 09:03
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 Member Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 2431 Joined: 06.11.10 |
I think I see the Phaonia bristle. Can it be a male Phaonia trimaculata? Confirmation or correct ID will be most appreciated  Taken in the outskirts of Madrid on a flowery meadow on the 2nd May 2012. Piluca_Alvarez attached the following image:  [164.56Kb] Edited by Piluca_Alvarez on 29-07-2012 06:09 |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 15-07-2012 18:36
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 Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
Helina : this is a preapical bristle.
Stephane. |
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| Piluca_Alvarez |
Posted on 15-07-2012 20:44
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Member Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 2431 Joined: 06.11.10 |
Thanks a lot, Stephane!!  Looks rather peculiar to me (so long-legged), comparing to other Herina I have photographed  But there are so many Helina species in Spain... Any chance of proposing some potential names?   Thanks!! Edited by Piluca_Alvarez on 16-07-2012 06:15 |
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| Piluca_Alvarez |
Posted on 29-07-2012 06:09
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Member Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 2431 Joined: 06.11.10 |
Any suggestion of a potential ID (or even a confirmation of it being impossible) would be most appreciated |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 29-07-2012 10:18
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Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
If you do want a suggestion, it could be the common Helina reversio, but we cannot even see whether abdomen is spotted or not as a start point.
Stephane. |
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| Piluca_Alvarez |
Posted on 30-07-2012 19:33
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Member Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 2431 Joined: 06.11.10 |
Thanks a bunch for the suggestion, Stephane!! I think it is a reasonable suggestion There are more pictures of the fly and it HAS an spotted abdomen
Piluca_Alvarez attached the following image:  [151.93Kb] |
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| Piluca_Alvarez |
Posted on 30-07-2012 19:36
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Member Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 2431 Joined: 06.11.10 |
Adding a more frontal view of it. Does it confirm Helina reversio? Or Helina cf. reversio would be better? Thanks!!
Piluca_Alvarez attached the following image:  [166.31Kb] |
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