Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Chrysops caecutiens?
Posted by Luis Alvarez on 03-02-2013 20:42
#1
Hello:
I think is
Chrysops caecutiens. Is correct?.
Photo taken in Pontevedra (NW Iberian Peninsula) on 22/07/2012.
Thanks.
Luis Álvarez
Edited by Luis Alvarez on 03-02-2013 20:44
Posted by libor on 03-02-2013 21:11
#2
If the whole legs are black, than your ID is correct.
Libor
Posted by Luis Alvarez on 04-02-2013 12:22
#3
The first pair of legs is completely black. The rest have a few small reddish zones.
Posted by libor on 06-02-2013 08:03
#4
Strange animal. It is clear in the key on European Chrysops, which starts: (1) Legs including tibiaea completely black. (1') Tibiae brown. Remind this topic any evening about 21.00, I stry to look again with the key and collection.
Libor
Posted by mossnisse on 06-02-2013 11:51
#5
I would say that it is a dark C. relictus
Posted by Sergiy Filatov on 06-02-2013 13:16
#6
Chrysops caecutiens, that's for sure. According to some keys (e. g. Olsufjev,1977) caecutiens may have some brown coloration at the base of mid tibia and hind tarsi.
Posted by Luis Alvarez on 06-02-2013 21:03
#7
Thanks.
Regards,
Luis
(I have added a bigger image of a leg and also of the head).
Posted by libor on 06-02-2013 21:25
#8
Luis, if you have absolute certainity, send me the specimen. But I am almost sure your ID and my tentative revision are correst. So I agree with Sergiy = Ch. caecutiens. But not for 100%
Libor
Posted by Luis Alvarez on 06-02-2013 21:54
#9
Thank you Libor. I don´t have the specimen (only it was photographed in my garden). If I return to find other one similar I can gather it if you think that could have interest.
Regards,
Luis
Posted by libor on 06-02-2013 22:25
#10
Luis, EVERY specimen from Spain is interesting for my collection :)
Libor
Posted by Luis Alvarez on 07-02-2013 20:54
#11
OK
Regards,
Luis