Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Stegana sp. ?

Posted by donpedro34 on 24-04-2022 20:33
#1
Hi forum,

Found this today on a dead treetrunk. Fagus sylvatica => beech.

Austria, Vienna. 24. April 2022.

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Cheers
Per
Edited by donpedro34 on 24-04-2022 20:38

Posted by Jan Maca on 25-04-2022 05:11
#2
S. hypoleuca. To my knowledge, reported from Vienna (and Austria) previously only in a 1848 paper. Can you mention the dimensions (length) of the fly?

Posted by donpedro34 on 25-04-2022 07:16
#3
7-8 mm. First I thought it was a beetle.

Posted by Jan Maca on 25-04-2022 16:49
#4
This supports the identification (S. hypoleuca is much larger than other European Stegana spp. with pale mesoínotum).

Posted by donpedro34 on 25-04-2022 18:44
#5
Thanks Jan