Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Conopidae Thecophora ?
Posted by pat_der2003 on 11-11-2010 13:29
#1
Am i right ? and if so, is it possible to go further ? despite i didn't catch it ... and i do not have other pictures of it ... :|
Loire-atlantique, western France, July 17 2010.
Posted by rvanderweele on 11-11-2010 14:00
#2
yes, it is a Thecophora. Not possible to say which species. You are lucky. In 2010 I did not see any Thecophora nor Zodion!
Posted by pat_der2003 on 11-11-2010 16:04
#3
Thanks a lot !! :)
rvanderweele wrote:You are lucky. In 2010 I did not see any Thecophora nor Zodion!
I had a look at the gallery ... and i'm not sure to make the difference between Zodion and Thecophora ! To me it seems that it's always Thecophora !! ;)
nevertheless, my fiew pictures of Thecophora were always Id on DI so ... i think i've really never seen a Zodion !!
Posted by rvanderweele on 11-11-2010 18:11
#4
Well, look at http://diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=14699&pid=67485
You notice that Theocphora is blackish, while Zodion is greyish. Zodion is a little bit bigger, and the mouthparts are different, since the mouthpart is "bent' only once, Thecophora twice.
But, be careful, in France you may also see Myopa occulta, which, if you are not looking carefully, may look like a Thecophora as well.
Posted by pat_der2003 on 12-11-2010 20:41
#5
Many thanks, Ruud, for those informations, including the link (great pictures by the way !!) ...
it is clearer for me now !! :)
Posted by rvanderweele on 12-11-2010 21:25
#6
You're welcome!