Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Bombyliidae
Posted by
pierred on 06-10-2006 07:20
#1
Hello,
While checking some earlier identifications, I find this
Bombyliidae. Could it be
Thyridanthrax ?
Posted by
Zeegers on 06-10-2006 09:43
#2
Hi Pierred
Looks like a Villa to me.
This genus is notoriously difficult, if not impossible, to ID.
Theo Zeegers
#3
would be very useful always to include location (likely to be recognisable by people from disparate countries) and date. your beefly is
Villa, not imposible to name but close to impossible from a photo. yours is close to
hotentotta but they look so different as they age it could be one of many species.
Posted by
Kahis on 06-10-2006 11:27
#4
Zeegers wrote:
Looks like a Villa to me.
This genus is notoriously difficult, if not impossible, to ID.
Notoriously difficult yes, impossible no. Some females are probably impossible, but male genitalia have good characters in this genus too at least for the central European fauna.
Posted by
pierred on 06-10-2006 19:38
#5
Hello,
Sorry, guys, for forgetting to give some indications.
France, Carcans (near Bordeaux), august 2004. I don't remember the size, but it was, erh, normal
for this kind of insects. Say, 10-12mm.