Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Bombiliidae not identif.

Posted by jokin on 23-02-2007 17:39
#1
taken in spain
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Posted by crex on 23-02-2007 19:34
#2
Please try and give as much info (e.g. date?) as possible (Forum Code of Conduct), it helps the gurus to id your insect.

Posted by jokin on 23-02-2007 19:45
#3
ok.its taken yesterday in Cartagena ,south-east of Spain

Posted by David Gibbs on 23-02-2007 19:59
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this is a male Parageron and current understanding places it with gratus Loew. i am currently revising the genus, there is some historical confusion between gratus, auratus and lowei. i have yet to see the type of gratus so cannot be definitive but your photo is certainly what is currently called gratus.

All records or specimens of this genus and the closely related Usia much appreciated.

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 23-02-2007 22:20
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already visible Bombyliidae?? Frown well, south... Smile
I didn?t see yet any Bombyliidae this year. Sad

We have here Usia spp. but we must wait some more weeks. (during summer, temperatures here can reach almost 45 ?C.) Frown Usually, about 38?C , 39?C.

Posted by jokin on 24-02-2007 00:38
#6
hello jorge,really isnt normaly but this year the spring is coming