Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Conops flavipes?
Posted by Ragne on 07-08-2008 18:48
#1
This Conops looks like a Conops flavipes except it has no yellow on the frontorbital plate like them in the gallery
Is it a Conops flavipes or a similar spec ?
Location: Southwest Sweden (V?sterg?tland)
Date: 2008-AUG-07
Habitat: Roadside in wood
Best regards!
Ragne
Posted by Zeegers on 07-08-2008 21:09
#2
Yes, C. ceriaeformis fits better.
It should have a silvery band on pleura, difficult to assess in this picture. The extreme tip of the scutellum yellow, which seems to be the case.
Still, it can turn out to be a dark female flavipes.
? think we need JensHermann here.
Theo
Posted by Ragne on 08-08-2008 08:14
#3
Theo
Thanks for your answer
I call it C. ceriaeformis until JensHermann or any other says it is wrong
// Ragne
Posted by Zeegers on 08-08-2008 10:06
#4
MISTAKE
I'm very sorry, I mentioned the yellowtipped scutellum upside down, so to speak: tip of scutellum is yellow in flavipes, dark in ceriaeformis.
So it seems to be a dark flavipes after all.
Theo
Posted by David Clements on 21-11-2008 13:41
#5
This looks like a male the well-known but uncommon (at least in the UK)
melanocephala form of
C flavipes. Intermediates occur between completely black-headed and normal form.