Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Oxycera fallenii (Rudolf Rozkosny det.)

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 25-08-2011 14:21
#1
August 25, 2011, env. of Naro-Fominsk, Moscow region, Russia. On a leaf of Sonchus oleraceus over a small stream near its confluence with the Nara River. Size slightly less than 8 mm.
Edited by Dmitry Gavryushin on 14-09-2011 20:22

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 25-08-2011 14:23
#2
Habitat.

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 25-08-2011 15:49
#3
Spectacular photos, Dima. Any chance to collect for me some these Oxycera?
I only saw Oxycera rara and Oxycera varipes so far.

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 26-08-2011 07:39
#4
This is the first Oxycera I've ever seen in nature Jorge and it was by sheer chance I spotted it for I came for additional shots of some limoniids which were pretty abundant there.

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 14-09-2011 20:22
#5
Here's a reply I got from Dr. Rudolf Rozkosny:

Your image represent a typical form of Oxycera falleni. It is true that the colour of legs is somewhat variable but all specimens known from our country possess the same leg colour as your female. Especially the females from southern Europe may have legs entirely yellow.