Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Stratiomys sp.?
Posted by Rui Andrade on 12-01-2011 15:34
#1
Is it a Stratiomys species? It was found near a marshland on Mentha flowers.
location: Estarreja, Portugal
date: 04/08/2010
Posted by Rui Andrade on 12-01-2011 15:35
#2
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Posted by Paul Beuk on 13-01-2011 10:58
#3
Stratiomys longicornis
Posted by Rui Andrade on 14-01-2011 14:08
#4
Thanks Paul. I've been seeing some photos of this species and in the majority of them the fly has brownish hairs in the thorax. Is this species very variable? What do you see that points you to this species?
Posted by Paul Beuk on 15-01-2011 09:13
#5
They are rather variable, yes, though mostly in the extent of the markings on the abdomen. The shape of the markings on the face (frontal spots and facial spots merged, exteding over the antennae), the colour of the tibiae (partly darkened) en the largely dark scutellum rule out virtually all other species.
Posted by Rui Andrade on 16-01-2011 23:53
#6
Thank you very much for your explanation Paul.;)