Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Amazing Bibio cf. johannis

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 04-03-2007 23:20
#1
Hi



* locality - Silgueiros - Viseu - PORTUGAL
* date - 28.02.2007
* size - 5 mm (medium fly)
* habitat - farmland
* substrate - grass


Fantastic fly!
Is it ID species possible?

EDIT ---> Title changed from "Amazing Bibio sp." to "Amazing Bibio cf. johannis"
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 02-05-2007 21:34

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 04-03-2007 23:21
#2
FRONTAL view

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 04-03-2007 23:23
#3
full body

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 04-03-2007 23:25
#4
wing venation

Posted by ChrisR on 05-03-2007 00:56
#5
Well, it's certainly a Bibio sp. ... I wouldn't call it "amazing" it looks fairly normal Wink I also wouldn't like to put a name to it though - I can't see enough to even run it through the British key. Sad

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 05-03-2007 01:11
#6
Smile amazing eyes! They have a constriction! Wink

Posted by Zeegers on 05-03-2007 11:57
#7
Amazing when first seen,
but quite typical for male Bibio,

as far as I can tell,
this should be Bibio johannis, the earliest spring species

Theo Zeegers

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 05-03-2007 12:04
#8
yes, Zeegers. This was indeed my first sight of Bibio sp. Smile