Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Muscidae: Polietes? --> Helina evecta/annosa
Posted by Juergen Peters on 20-09-2008 23:09
#1
Hello!
This fly was the reason, why I thought the
Muscina in this thread:
http://www.dipter...d_id=16313 was a
Polietes, too, before taking a closer look. Same size (10 mm) and habitus, found at the same place and date (at a hedge on Sept-18, northwest Germany). But this is really a
Polietes sp. male, right?
960x960 picture (79 KB):
http://www.foto-u...9mm_M2.jpg
Edited by Juergen Peters on 21-09-2008 23:19
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 21-09-2008 08:53
#2
Looks like
Helina evecta/
annosa. Legs 3 are not visible, so not a definite ID.
Posted by Juergen Peters on 21-09-2008 20:52
#3
Hello, Stephane!
Stephane Lebrun wrote:
Looks like Helina evecta/annosa. Legs 3 are not visible, so not a definite ID.
Possibly
H. evecta? That's interesting. That species is very numerous here in early spring, but I have never seen it in autumn. Thanks!
Edited by Juergen Peters on 21-09-2008 20:54
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 21-09-2008 22:39
#4
Season is still OK for H. evecta
Posted by Juergen Peters on 21-09-2008 23:17
#5
Hello, Nikita!
Nikita Vikhrev wrote:
Season is still OK for H. evecta
Thanks! Is it overwintering adult (and can therefore be active so early in spring?)?
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 21-09-2008 23:21
#6
I think so, I collected H.evecta in Western Turkey in mid-December