Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Phaoniinae ? from southeastern Spain
Posted by cmherrera on 24-12-2020 10:56
#1
I'd appreciate any hint about this flower visitor. It vaguely looks like a Phaoniinae to me, but I admit there are many chances I'm downright wrong.
Sierra de Cazorla, southeastern Spain, 17 June 2020, 1600 m asl. Feeding on flowers of Sedum acre
Edited by cmherrera on 24-12-2020 11:03
Posted by cmherrera on 24-12-2020 10:58
#2
Another view from the same specimen
Posted by eklans on 24-12-2020 12:28
#3
Hi, I think it's one of the Sarcophagidae - Macronychia cf. striginervis.
Greetings, Eric
Posted by cmherrera on 24-12-2020 12:31
#4
Thanks a lot, Eric ! I went far wide of the mark ...
Posted by Zeegers on 24-12-2020 20:16
#5
The pattern is nrgative of most Sarcs (black on silver rather than vice versa), hence Sarcophila or possibly Angiometopa.
Can you give an estimate of its size ?
Theo
Posted by eklans on 25-12-2020 08:46
#6
Thanks Theo - could it be a Wohlfahrtia (pattern and drop-shaded abdomen)? W. bella?
Greetings, Eric
Posted by cmherrera on 25-12-2020 10:48
#7
Thanks, Theo.
Body length was ~7 mm.
Posted by Daniel Whitmore on 28-12-2020 22:47
#8
I agree with you Theo that it could be an Angiometopa, of which there is also an undescribed species in Spain, as I think you know.