Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Hippoboscidae - Lipoptena cervi
#1
Good evening. This nice fly was crossing my way (hairs
)in a wet nature forest reserve. The name was found by comparing photos, but there is no shure identification yet. Can anybody help? Thanks in advance. Frank
#6124 Germany / Mecklenburg: Dobbin, Forest Barkhorst, VI.2004
#2
This is
Lipoptena - the Deer Ked, probably
L. cervi, but there are other species in central Europe, so I can't be certain.
Posted by
Zeegers on 02-10-2006 09:58
#3
The date clearly suggests Lipoptena fortisetosa, a remarkably small fly.
(but I can't tell the size sufficiently, it looks small indeed).
L. fortisetosa is known from the forests in the Alps and Boehmerwald, possibly Harz as well.
L. cervi has period of flight august - octobre.
Theo Zeegers
#4
Thank you for the hints. The collected specimen has the size of a large beetle ;-) 3,45 mm. Best regards Frank
#5
I forgot: In the wet forest of Mecklenburg you can find a lot of nordic beetle species and a lot of beetle species you can find only on mountains in the south (called "boreomontan" in the old literature).
Posted by
Zeegers on 02-10-2006 20:38
#6
Well, L. fortisetosa is more an eastern species.
To the west to Bayern, so a record from Mecklenburg is good but not amazing.
Theo