Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Bombyliidae. Help id, please

Posted by Eugene K on 13-01-2022 19:46
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2021_07_02 Russia, Leningrad district.
On a sandy slope on the banks of the Tosna River. On a Colletes daviesanus colony.

Posted by Eugene K on 13-01-2022 19:47
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Posted by Xespok on 21-03-2022 10:22
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A female of Bombylius sp. Very interesting. I have never seen such a strong black
regular series of trichiae on the abdomen of any Bombylius spp.

Posted by Eugene K on 12-04-2022 20:28
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Xespok wrote:
A female of Bombylius sp. Very interesting. I have never seen such a strong black
regular series of trichiae on the abdomen of any Bombylius spp.


Xespok, thank you.
I may be able to catch a few flies in the same place next summer and try to get them to the specialists for identification.