Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Atylotus rusticus? --> confirmed, female
Posted by Jann Wuebbenhorst on 24-01-2020 18:38
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I found this Atylotus female on 11th July 2019 (dry, sandy meadow, eastern Lower Saxony). Is it A. rusticus?
Edited by Jann Wuebbenhorst on 25-01-2020 16:42
Posted by Jann Wuebbenhorst on 24-01-2020 18:38
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Posted by Jann Wuebbenhorst on 24-01-2020 18:39
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Posted by Jann Wuebbenhorst on 24-01-2020 18:40
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Posted by Jann Wuebbenhorst on 24-01-2020 18:40
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Posted by Zeegers on 25-01-2020 08:40
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Yes, nice to see a female feeding on a flower.
Theo
Posted by Jann Wuebbenhorst on 25-01-2020 11:33
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Thanks again, Theo!
I used your very fine Tabanidae key (Veldgids DAZEN (Diptera -Tabanidae) van Noordwest-Europa). Tabanidae are quite poorly known in Lower Saxony (Tachinidae even less, like meny other Diptera families), and
Atylotus rusticus is not listed for Lower Saxony yet, so I wanted to be sure.
The same ist true for Ectophasia and Stomorhina - both genera are not published to occur in Lower Saxony yet.
kind regards
Jann