Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Bibio sp -> Bibio cf. varipes

Posted by FliegenFranz on 27-05-2021 18:25
#1

Hello,
Bibio in lower Bavaria, May 2021, on Alnus glutinosa in wet forest

Thank you!

Edited by FliegenFranz on 29-05-2021 11:44

Posted by eklans on 28-05-2021 12:15
#2

Hi Fliegenfranz, many useful details are missing (hairs on mesonotum ♂ black?, spurs of tibia III ♀ thin?...). But I think it could be B. varipes:
- relatively stout
- Metatarsus III ♂ moderately thickened
- wings brownish/yellowish, hind veins ♀ slightly yellowish

Posted by FliegenFranz on 29-05-2021 11:47
#3

Thanks, Eric!