Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Bombyliidae --> Petrorossia hespera ???

Posted by valter on 09-07-2009 16:25
#1

Location: Algarve, Portugal

Date:July 2009

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According to Fauna Europaea there are only 4 species and just 1 for Portugal:

Petrorossia hespera

Is my fly the species above???

Thanks,
Valter

Edited by valter on 09-07-2009 16:29

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 09-07-2009 18:37
#2

don't trust in FE. It is not updated. We have very probably more Petrorossia.
P.guanchorum Francois, 1970
P. hespera (Rossi, 1790) (12)
P. letho (Wiedemann, 1828)

Very possibly we have the three species.

Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 09-07-2009 18:38