Posted by conopid on 09-03-2010 23:46
#1
Hello Forum,
Just checking my identification. Does this look like a Lophosceles cinereiventis male?
Edited by conopid on 10-03-2010 11:29
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 10-03-2010 21:23
#2
It could be it, and it would be very interesting. If arista is almost bare, 4 post dc, acr rows distinct, short prealar and no
Thricops setulae on post. inner edge of hind coxa, then I think it is it. I have not yet found any
Lophosceles.:|
Posted by conopid on 10-03-2010 21:58
#3
Thanks Stephane, Yes that's the species then. Lophosceles are apparently common in British woodlands, so I'll look out for more specimens this year.
Posted by KWQ on 11-03-2010 11:45
#4
This seems quite a rare one in Finland nowadays. I've collected only a single specimen in the wake of the beginning of my "career" back in 2001 (I remember it was a very cold May day) and I guess not many other modern Finnish dipterists have recorded it.