Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Very Ichneumonid like fly: Loxocera hoffmannseggi (Psilidae)

Posted by Juergen Peters on 09-08-2008 21:18
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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