Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Choerades cf fulva

Posted by Claude54 on 20-09-2011 21:34
#1
Found in a oak forest - Mentana near Rome - Italy on 08.07.2011. Thanks
Edited by Claude54 on 21-09-2011 18:41

Posted by Quaedfliegh on 20-09-2011 22:30
#2
Choerades cf fuliginosa(?)

Posted by Claude54 on 21-09-2011 16:35
#3
Thanks for your reply, unfortunately fuliginosa is not present in the check list of the Italian fauna. The following are the only possible for the area where I found the speciment:

Choerades fimbriata (Meigen, 1820) (N, S)
Choerades fulva (Meigen, 1804) (N, S)
Choerades gilva (Linnaeus, 1758) (N, S)
Choerades ignea (Meigen, 1820) (N, S)
Choerades marginata (Linnaeus, 1758) (N, S)

So I think it is better for this speciment : Choerades sp.
Regards
Claudio

Posted by Quaedfliegh on 21-09-2011 17:41
#4
A closer look learns that mentioned C. fuliginosa should hav dense hair on scutum, this one does not. But, by default, you can rule out C. gilva, ignea, marginata. Leaving C. fimbriata and fulva. I am pretty sure it is a female and if so.....C. cf fulva

Posted by Claude54 on 21-09-2011 18:39
#5
Great Reinoud,Grin. Thanks
Claudio

Posted by Dysmachus on 25-09-2011 15:30
#6
It's Choerades fuliginosa, have a look on http://www.robber...des.html#4.

Posted by Claude54 on 26-09-2011 18:54
#7
Thanks Dysmachus but I checked also the Fauna Europea about the distribution of Choerades fuliginosa. It is not present in Italy.
Regards
Claudio

Posted by Quaedfliegh on 26-09-2011 20:45
#8
You probably have to add C. fuliginosa to to the Italian checklist....Cool If it is indeed C. fuliginosa, then it seems typical for that species that the antennae are standing far apart......or is it a coincidence.....