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2,5 mm. Almeria (S Spain), 23/04/2013. Six pics.

Thanks for your help in the identification

Greetings

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I think Olcella sp.

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Thanks Sarah

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Chloropidae, Oscinellinae: Oscinimorpha novakii (Strobl, 1893). Not rare in all Mediterranean countries incl. Israel. The long proboscis protruding over the mouth margin, being blackish above; At least the first two tergites of the abdomen reddish-brownish, mostly the whole abdomen reddish (rare in this genus); three slightly impressed furrows on the mesonotum (= scutum), misleading beginners to the genus Tricimba; a robust Oscinimorpha, flower visitor similar to O. minutissima, O. koeleriae and Trachysiphonella ruficeps (= pygmaea). Larval substrate unknown.

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Thanks a lot

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Hello,

I'm curious, what would be the difference between Oscinimorpha longirostris (Loew, 1858) and O. novakii (Strobl, 1893)?

Thank you very much.

Miguel Ángel