Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Volucella inanis?

Posted by javig on 18-02-2008 20:40
#1
Sierra Nevada, Granada, Spain, 1000 m. 16 September 2007, very common.

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Thx

Posted by Andre on 18-02-2008 21:36
#2
It certainly is! Smile

Posted by Zeegers on 18-02-2008 22:27
#3
Are we really really sure ?

Inanis is replaced by elegans on the Iberian Peninsula.



Theo

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 18-02-2008 23:08
#4
It is V. inanis. Volucella elegans is like this one with a dark midpatch on wings.

Posted by Andre on 19-02-2008 00:34
#5
Yes Theo, we are really really sure. I have both in my collection. And inanis is on the Spanish checklist.