Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Conopidae : Physocephala sp.?
Posted by Chalybion on 15-08-2025 11:07
#1
Sandy dunes near Marina Romea, Ravenna, Italy, 2-VIII-2025.
Among various Hymenoptera Aculeata collected on
Echinophora spinosa L. I've found this one: is it possible to identify the species?
Thank in advance. Giorgio.
Edited by Chalybion on 15-08-2025 18:47
Posted by Chalybion on 15-08-2025 11:08
#2
versus
Posted by Chalybion on 15-08-2025 11:08
#3
lateral
Posted by Chalybion on 15-08-2025 11:09
#4
terminalia
Posted by Chalybion on 15-08-2025 11:10
#5
head versus
Posted by Chalybion on 15-08-2025 11:10
#6
head recto
Edited by Chalybion on 15-08-2025 11:11
Posted by Chalybion on 15-08-2025 11:15
#7
head frontal
Posted by Chalybion on 24-08-2025 19:50
#8
Hi, could it be male of
Physocephala pusilla (Meigen, 1824)?
Face yellow, all the wing with microtrichia, black stripe bordering the costa from base to all median part. Scutellum dark rufous,
Posted by piros on 26-08-2025 16:43
#9
I agree with you, looks like Ph. pusilla.
Posted by Chalybion on 29-08-2025 18:45
#10
Many thanks!
Giorgio.