Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Very Ichneumonid like fly: Loxocera hoffmannseggi (Psilidae)
Posted by Juergen Peters on 09-08-2008 21:18
#1
Hello!
I had never seen such a fly before, it looked like an 8-9 mm Ichneumonid! Not only the red and black "wasp tail" abdomen, even the white antennae bands of many Ichneumonidae were imitated. In the gallery I found
Loxocera hoffmannseggi from the Psilidae looking very similar. Is this a male of it?
Running around on low vegetation in our garden today (northwest Germany).
Edited by Juergen Peters on 19-08-2008 19:25
Posted by Juergen Peters on 09-08-2008 21:19
#2
More dorsal.
Posted by Juergen Peters on 09-08-2008 21:23
#3
Another one.
Posted by cthirion on 09-08-2008 21:58
#4
Thanks Juergen, very nice!;)
Posted by Zeegers on 10-08-2008 09:48
#5
Meaning: yes, hoffmannseggi.
You lucky b...
Theo
Posted by Juergen Peters on 10-08-2008 19:21
#6
Hello, Camille and Theo!
Thanks a lot! That's really a nice fly :).
Posted by Juergen Peters on 19-08-2008 19:29
#7
Hello!
Is this one from today from our garden (northwest Germany) a female of the same species or of another (
sylvatica?
fulviventris?)? It has more red on the thorax. Length about 6-7 mm.
Somewhat larger picture:
http://www.foto-u...7mm_W3.jpg
Posted by Juergen Peters on 19-08-2008 19:30
#8
With very long ovipositor.
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 19-08-2008 19:54
#9
in your garden... lucky you!
Posted by Juergen Peters on 19-08-2008 20:15
#10
Hello, Jorge!
jorgemotalmeida wrote:
in your garden... lucky you!
Are they so rare? I had never seen this genus before, but now it was the second specimen within some days - male and female.
Posted by Zeegers on 14-09-2016 18:09
#11
Missed this one 8 years ago, but the female clearly is NOT hoffmannseggi.
THe male still is, though !
theo
Posted by Juergen Peters on 14-09-2016 21:29
#12
Hello Theo,
Zeegers wrote:
Missed this one 8 years ago, but the female clearly is NOT hoffmannseggi.
THe male still is, though !
ah, thanks! Still more interesting: 2 species of
Loxocera within a few days in the garden. Unfortunately I have never seen one again since. :|
Posted by Zeegers on 15-09-2016 07:01
#13
You can see the first two antennal segments are short, so it is albiseta or aristata, i can't say. These are pretty common, whereas hoffmannseggi is a very rare eye candy !
Theo
Posted by Juergen Peters on 15-09-2016 09:11
#14
Hello Theo,
many thanks for the additional informations!