Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Cheilosia morio (ID Ectemnius); SW Spain

Posted by Ectemnius on 14-11-2013 13:21
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Hello Andre,

This looks, at first glance, mightily interesting! In the above photo it looks like a member of the Illustrata-group. The eyes and facial knob are haired and the legs are partly pale. What strikes me the most is the broad face. There is only one species I know in this group with an exceptionally broad face: Cheilosia morio. A species where the larvae live in the resin of pine trees (unlike other cheilosia species where larvae live in and of plant and mushrooms)
The species has two forms (form A and B) sensu Bartsch et.al. 2009. The species will be split into two species. The specimen shown here belongs to C. morio form A, because the face is haired.

Greetings,

Ectemnius

Edited by Ectemnius on 14-11-2013 13:22