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With a friend of mine, we observed several of this attractive Bombyliidae mid-October of this year near Faliraki, Rhodes, Greece.
Its size is around 10mm. Unfortunately, the wings can not be seen clearly in the pictures, because we did not see any of them fully resting, but they seem to be
slightly infuscate at the base and at some cross-veins. (I hope the unique color pattern of the body is enough for identifying the sp...)
Thanks for any suggestions in advance!

Greetings
Henrik

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May be something can be seen on the wings in this pic.

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Images of a female.
(It may help to ID the sp., I hope.)

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Back of another female:

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Hi Henrik, Bombylius cruciatus?

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Thank you Eric, it is a very feasible suggestion (it occurred to me too), but what bothers me are the very prominent light stripes on the notum, and the yellow
palps and the similarly colored basal antennal segments, that seem to be dark in photos of western specimens. (Attached a bad enlargement of the head to illustrate the latter points) Could these be characteristics of eastern or Rhodian populations? What do you think?

Thanks again!

Greetings,
Henrik

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Hi Henrik, you are right and cruciatus is different - though small stripes on the notum are sometimes visible. Remains - I think - B. quadrifarius. Unfortunately I have no detailled information about it except that it appears in Greece, too, and: "...has two longitudinal stripes formed by white hairs on the mesonotum and transverse bands...at the posterior margin of abdominal tergites. Wings...sexual dimorphic; females hyaline and males with basal infuscation." (The bee flies of Jordan, A. KATBEH-BADER & S. ARABYAT)

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Hi Eric,
Yes, that must be it!
Thank you for your patience and interest!

Greetings,
Henrik