Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Stratiomyidae - Stratiomys chamaeleon
#1
Good evening,
I?m new to this forum and would like to upload some diptera photos - taken on my beetle tours - to your gallery. There are some families with unidentified specimen and I hope someone is able to help. Today I start with three Stratiomyidae from the central alps.
Thanks in advance
Frank
#0312 Switzerland / Graub?nden: Martina / Inn, 1000 m, VIII.2004
#1126 Austria / Tirol: Nauders / Martawald, 1100 m, VIII.2004
#9374 Italy / Veneto: Paso Tre Croci near Cortina, 1800 m, VIII.2004
Posted by
lynkos on 01-10-2006 06:25
#2
Hi there Frank... diversifying
? A pleasure to see you here, Sarah.
Posted by
Kahis on 01-10-2006 09:37
#3
Welcome. Oooh, pretty pictures of a pretty
Stratiomys. I'll leave the species name to someone who actually knows the central European fauna. We have only one
Stratiomys species here in Finland and it is quite rare
#4
This looks like
Stratiomys chamaeleon female. The other species differ in their abdominal, scutellar and head markings.
#5
... Tony, for the fast identification. It?s nice to see, that it is only one species ;-) Best regards Frank
@ Kahis & Sarah: ty for the warm welcome :-) diversifying? No. I started taking photos of flies (all insects) in the warm "beetleless" summer 2003. But this is the only insect order, where chaos is dominating my photo folders. But some families are pretty good identified: Syrphidae, Asilidae, Tabanidae, Tachinidae = the longhorn beetles of Diptera?
Posted by
Zeegers on 01-10-2006 18:54
#6
Kahis, take the boat to Estonia !
chamaelon is not rare in Estonia in July, in my experience.
On wet meadows on chalky soils
Theo Zeegers