Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Dioctria, Germany

Posted by Pristurus on 19-11-2014 01:20
#1
found in a meadow in a forest near Marburg, Hesse, 2014-06-07. Is it also a Dioctria hyalipennis? Regards, Ingo


Video: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/FileGrinioctria_-_2014-06-07.webm

Posted by libor on 19-11-2014 08:11
#2
I would say D. rufipes.
D. hyalipennis has "stripe of pale tomentum on pleura complete, with an additional ventral stripe above middle coxa".
Libor

Posted by Quaedfliegh on 19-11-2014 18:24
#3
I agree, in Dioctria the antennae are placed on hump, Dioctria rufipes has a very large hump much higher than D. hyalipennis.

Posted by Pristurus on 24-11-2014 01:38
#4
Thank you very much. And D. rufipes prefers (here in Germany) the near ground vegetation for hunting, whereas "D.hyalipennis" is mostly found in bushes. Greetings, Ingo