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 Bombyliidae - Exhyalanthrax afer
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 13-08-2007 18:14
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Hi * locality - Monte Gordo - Vila Real de Santo Ant?nio - PORTUGAL ---> in Algarve. * date - 2007.07.31 * size - 6 mm (medium fly) * habitat - sand dunes * substrate - on sand very blurry photo.  But I think the photo enable us to get genus level to Exhyalanthrax ? EDIT ---> Title changed from "Bombyliidae - Exhyalanthrax sp." to "Bombyliidae - Exhyalanthrax afer" jorgemotalmeida attached the following image:  [189.98Kb] Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 13-08-2007 19:14 |
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| David Gibbs |
Posted on 13-08-2007 19:11
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 Member Location: Bristol, UK Posts: 833 Joined: 17.06.06 |
Exhyalanthrax afer Fabricius, 1794 |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 13-08-2007 19:13
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
 thanks! |
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| Cor Zonneveld |
Posted on 13-08-2007 21:32
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 Member Location: Amstelveen, the Netherlands Posts: 840 Joined: 14.10.06 |
I wonder: is Exhyalanthrax synonymous with Thyridanthrax?
Thanks for your attention Cor Zonneveld |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 13-08-2007 21:47
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
no... they are two different valid genus. We can have: Exhyalanthrax afer (Fabricius, 1794) (= Anthrax fimbriata Meigen 1804) Exhyalanthrax collarti Fran?ois, 1962 Exhyalanthrax melanchlaenus (Loew, 1867) Exhyalanthrax muscarius (Pallas, 1818) (= Thyridanthrax innocens Austen 1936; Anthrax vagans Loew 1862) AND Thyridanthrax alphonsi Sanchez Terr?n & Rold?n Bravo, 2000 Thyridanthrax elegans (Wiedemann in Meigen, 1820) Thyridanthrax fenetratus (Fall?n, 1814) Thyridanthrax hispanus (Loew, 1869) Thyridanthrax loustaui Andr?u Rubio, 1961 Thyridanthrax nebulosus (Dufour, 1852) Thyridanthrax perspicillaris (Loew, 1869) Thyridanthrax polyphemus (Wiedemann in Meigen, 1820) |
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| Cor Zonneveld |
Posted on 14-08-2007 18:34
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Member Location: Amstelveen, the Netherlands Posts: 840 Joined: 14.10.06 |
Some weeks ago I send in photographs for the gallery, under the name Thyridanthrax afer! It looks very similar to yours. I used this name because it is used at a Dutch site (waarneming.nl). I must suppose they are incorrect, then? Incidentally, what is the decisive difference between the two genera? Thanks for your attention Cor Zonneveld |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 14-08-2007 19:29
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
The correct for your images of T. afer would be Exhyalanthrax afer! Evenhus changed from the former Thyridanthrax to Exhyalanthrax genus. IN Seguy we can find yet the Thyridanthrax afer... but after 1991, Evenhuis, that made a great study on bombyliids, changed the genus. So I would suggest that ID must be changed... Concerning the difference.. i don?t have here the Evenhuis book. In this book I know we can see the explanatin of the difference. Let?s go wait for Gibbs.
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 14-08-2007 19:34 |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 14-08-2007 21:31
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
According to faunaeur.org there is just Exyhalanthrax afer. http://www.faunaeur.org/index.php - see in name search and in SPECIES field write afer. |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 15-08-2007 09:51
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
up.. |
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but don't see the image in the post.