Posted by Cecile on 08-10-2006 19:08
#1
I think this little conopidae belong to genus Thecophora (I hope it's correct ;))
Is it possible to go further in the ID?
thanks in advance for help.
(size : 6 mm, in a garden near Paris; 06/2006)
Edited by Cecile on 08-10-2006 19:20
Posted by conopid on 08-10-2006 19:27
#3
Certainly Thecophora - a good chance that it's T. atra :)
Edited by conopid on 08-10-2006 19:28
Posted by caliprobola on 26-03-2010 21:10
#6
Hi, just copying these 2 lines out of
the Van Veen Key
6.a. Femur 3 yellowish on its basal twothirds, femur 1 and 2 brownish, turning yellowish at their inner side; thoracic dorsum with two well marked lines of grey dust, with a clear undusted black line between them. 7-8 mm. -> Thecophora fulvipes Robineau-Desvoidy
6.b. Femur 3 yellowish on its basal half, femur 1 and 2 brown to black, not turning yellow at their innerside (at most black parts turning brown); thoracic dorsum with two badly marked grey lines of dust, not leaving a sharp black line between them. 5-7 mm. -> Thecophora atra Fabricius
according to this key, it should be Thecophora fulvipes rather than T. atra