Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Bombylidae to ID

Posted by Chalybion on 16-04-2026 17:14
#1

Hi, after long time I ask for this Bombylius (I think); collected in Romagna border, loc. Val Sellustra (BOLOGNA), 300 m, in grassland, 4 April 2026. Thank in advance for any opinion.:)

Posted by Chalybion on 16-04-2026 17:15
#2

Head

Posted by Chalybion on 16-04-2026 17:16
#3

abdomen upper view

Posted by Chalybion on 16-04-2026 17:16
#4

wing

Posted by Chalybion on 16-04-2026 17:17
#5

head lateral

Posted by Juergen Peters on 16-04-2026 21:13
#6

Looks like a male Bombylius major to me. And the family is Bombyliidae.