Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Bombylius

Posted by Perseus on 07-04-2006 23:40
#10

A possible B. ater?

http://www.dipter...=8#post_18

This is not a UK recorded species though:

Checklist of UK Recorded Bombyliidae

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Bombylius canescens Mikan, 1796
Bombylius discolor Mikan, 1796
Bombylius major Linnaeus, 1758
Bombylius minor Linnaeus, 1758
Phthiria pulicaria (Mikan, 1796)
Thyridanthrax fenestratus (Fall?n, 1814)
Villa cingulata (Meigen, 1804)
Villa circumdata authors, misident.
Villa modesta (Meigen, 1820)
Villa venusta (Meigen, 1820)

The two species in the same genus are the ones most interesting to compare.