Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Cryptocheilus octomaculatus ssp. eatoni
Posted by
Isidro on 20-06-2008 07:42
#1
Three images of two exemplars, but I thinks that are the same species.
A week ago. M?laga, south Spain. Habitat: shrubland with wild flowers, degenerated, near almond fields. Size: the first (two pictures) sizes about 25 mm, the second (the last picture) was smaller, about 20 mm. I think that the first is a female and the second a male, it is?
Thanks.
Regards
Edited by
Isidro on 29-06-2008 13:43
#2
Very nice!
I await Wahis and for the precedent too!
Posted by
Isidro on 20-06-2008 11:39
#3
Thanks!
I don't know Wahis, is not Kahis?
Posted by
Isidro on 24-06-2008 08:35
#4
Unresolved yet...
#5
Its a dark female of Cryptocheilus octomaculatus (Pompilidae). Earlier, this form it was known as ssp. eatoni. It occurs mainly in North Africa.
Regards, Christian
P.S. the name you looked for is Raymond Wahis
#7
Wahis is just back, I have got an Email of him today. But, in this case, I am a good address too because I am revising Cryptocheilus for the moment, and a part of Raymond Wahis collection is with me.
Regards, Christian
Posted by
Isidro on 29-06-2008 13:42
#8
Thanks a lot Christian.
It's a pity, because I have photographe3d Cryptocheilus octomaculatus yet (a very different morph, with nitid yellow spots on the abdomen)
#9
You have a photo of the other octomaculata? the species is very varible in color.
Regards, Christian
Posted by
Isidro on 30-06-2008 13:21
#10
Yes, identified here by yourself...
http://www.diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?forum_id=6&thread_id=7502