Thread subject: Diptera.info :: barbed Bombyliidae

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 08-04-2007 10:11
#1
Turkey, Side, sand dunas, 31 Mar

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 08-04-2007 10:12
#2
life

Posted by David Gibbs on 08-04-2007 11:07
#3
hi Nikita, this is Bombylella atra (Scopoli)

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 08-04-2007 13:44
#4
Thank you David!

Posted by Zeegers on 09-04-2007 19:41
#5
It is in the Bombylius ater group.
In Spain, they have several species in this group. Maybe the same applies in Turkey.


Theo

Posted by David Gibbs on 11-04-2007 10:54
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According to Evenhuis & Greathead 1999 there is only one member of Bombylella (=ater group) in Europe, i paste the entry below.

Genus BOMBYLELLA Greathead
atra
Bombylius ater Scopoli, 1763.

i presume the change in the specific name results from the transfer to new genus but do not understand latin enough to be sure.

Posted by Zeegers on 11-04-2007 17:26
#7
Obviously, my memory was wrong.

Theo