Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Lispocephala brachialis?

Posted by John Bratton on 23-03-2010 16:13
#1
This keys out to Lispocephala brachialis, but as it is a Red Data Book species in Britain, I would appreciate a second opinion, please. The specimen is in alcohol, so no dusting shows up.

It is the second one I've caught this year, basking in sun on poles in my garden in Menai Bridge, North Wales. The first was 24 Feb. This one was last week, mid-March.

Is anything known of the larval habitat, please?

More pictures to come. I don't know how to attach more than one to a message.

John Bratton

Posted by John Bratton on 23-03-2010 16:16
#2
Ventral view

Posted by John Bratton on 23-03-2010 16:16
#3
Tip of abdomen

Posted by John Bratton on 23-03-2010 16:17
#4
Antennae

Posted by John Bratton on 23-03-2010 16:18
#5
Bits

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 24-03-2010 22:04
#6
This is Lispocephala brachialis also for me. I don't know for the larval habitat :|

Posted by John Bratton on 25-03-2010 21:27
#7
Thanks very much for the confirmation.

These seem to the the third and fourth Welsh records.

John