Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Greecian Fly #3

Posted by Stephen on 06-07-2006 11:34
#1
This one looks similar to #2. It was photographed June 28 on a salt flat near the beach on the island of Naxos. ID help appreciated.

Posted by Susan R Walter on 06-07-2006 12:24
#2
Well it's Bombyliidae, but I don't know which. I expect David Gibbs can help. This is female, and your other one is male - I would guess of the same species - they do look pretty similar.

Posted by David Gibbs on 06-07-2006 16:22
#3
the widely separated antennae suggest Cytherea but this is not a species i have seen, it is not the common C. obscura. not necessarily a female, Cytherea are dichoptic in both sexes.

Posted by Stephen on 09-07-2006 12:12
#4
David, Susan, Thanks for your help with this one!