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Dear you all,

I just discovered this quite interresting paper "Review of the scolopaceus-group of Rhagio Fabricius 1775 with the description of a new species from the Iberian Peninsula (Diptera: Rhagionidae)"
So I took interrest to look at my specimens previously identified as R scolopaceus.

I have specimens from northern France with typical R scolopaceus'antennas, and I have specimens from Bretagne and central France with antennas like the picture following.
This is a male, last antennal segment is quite short, like R atlanticus, but arista is strongly concave, like R scolopaceus.
What to you think?
First sternite is strongly hairy.

Many thanks,
Clovis


clovis : France : Saint-Mars-d'Outillé : 72220 : 09/06/2022
Altitude : 183 m - Taille : 10 mm
Réf. : 309574


clovis : France : Saint-Mars-d'Outillé : 72220 : 09/06/2017
Altitude : 183 m - Taille : 10 mm
Réf. : 309577

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Yes, nice article, isn’t it ?

In atlanticus male, eyes are dichoptic. Maybe the antenna is simewhat variable, but this looks good for scolopaceus to me.

Theo

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Really nice article, congratulation to you and Piluca Alvarez Fidalgo

Thanks for confirmation