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Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Ochthera mantis - Ephydridae ?

Posted by Don Micro on 22-09-2010 12:34

Hello all,

This is Ochthera mantis? Isn't it?
Pic taken in Hasselt, Belgium 21-09-2010.

Thanks!

Edited by Don Micro on 22-09-2010 12:57

Posted by Don Micro on 22-09-2010 12:35

Posted by Tony Irwin on 22-09-2010 21:06

No, from the dusting pattern on the tergites, I'd say this is Ochthera manicata. Not absolutely certain because there is another similar species - O.palaearctica - which occurs in Denmark and France, so could be found in Belgium, and I have not seen material, so don't know how the pattern compares.

Posted by Don Micro on 23-09-2010 19:25

Thanks Tony,

I guess I urgently need a decent checklist for Belgian diptera because I wasn't aware of the other species.

Does anybody know where to get:
Grootaert, P. Bruyn, L. de & Meyer, M. de (eds), 1992. Catalogue of the diptera of Belgium - Studiedocumenten van het K.B.I.N. 70:1-338 ????

Edited by Don Micro on 23-09-2010 19:25

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 23-09-2010 20:09

I think I can get a copy for you.

Posted by Jeroen K on 23-09-2010 20:19

I would like one too...

Posted by Jan Willem on 24-09-2010 08:23

I have to admit that I was already wondering if Ochthera manicata is actually recorded from Belgium yet. It's not mentioned from Belgium on Fauna Europaea, but that doesn't mean it has not been recorded yet.
I will check the checklist tonight.

Posted by Jan Willem on 24-09-2010 22:07

On the checklist of Belgium (1992) only Ochthera mantis is mentioned.

Edited by Jan Willem on 24-09-2010 22:08

Posted by Don Micro on 25-09-2010 10:59

I will leave it Ochthera spec. then...

Thanks all for your help.

Posted by caliprobola on 28-09-2010 10:17

#10

Hi Kim,

the requested catalogue can be purchased at the KBIN for the price of 19�.

http://www.natuur...l?cat_nr=5

grtz
Pieter

Posted by Don Micro on 28-09-2010 21:48

#11

Thanks Pieter,

That's an interesting link!