Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Just for the beauty of it... Phthiria sp.

Posted by lynkos on 30-09-2006 08:00
#1

I'm pretty sure this is a Phthiria, but wanted to share it with you all anyway as it just has to be one of the most attractive Bombyliidae around. It's certainly one of my favourites. Photographed yesterday in the countryside near Rome, Italy, Sarah.

www.naturamediterraneo.eu/Public/data4/lynkos/Phthiria_CFX906-C23F.jpg_200693085338_Phthiria_CFX906-C23F.jpg

Posted by paqui on 16-09-2009 22:37
#2

only an approximation P. conspicua (yellow coxae)
?

Posted by Paul Beuk on 17-09-2009 07:26
#3

LoL, where do you see the coxae?

Posted by paqui on 17-09-2009 13:58
#4

other similar sps had black coxae but other characters didīt fit, so, still not an id, but in case she had more pics perhaps she could see it. Unfortunately I canīt get more than a cf. with Phthiria :(