Thread subject: Diptera.info :: [Myopa tessellatipennis] Conopidae > Myopa sp

Posted by Arthropa on 04-09-2004 13:03
#1
A last one for today... Grin

For this Myopa sp couple, I think about Myopa extricata. Is it possible to confirm ?
(Other views available, bigger size whenever needed)

arthropa.free.fr/photos/ATH04-05-02-032.jpg
arthropa.free.fr/photos/ATH04-05-02-029.jpg
marthaadsl.free.fr/ATH/photos/0405-myopa-aile1.jpg
(Saint Apollinaire (21), France - 5th May 2004 - 11 mm)
Edited by Arthropa on 09-03-2007 23:31

Posted by Paul Beuk on 04-09-2004 14:52
#2
Benoit,

I think you have arrived in the right couplet for identifying this species, either M. extricata or M. tessellatipennis. Do you have a detail or another view of the head? It is difficult to say exactly what the colour of the palps is, but from what I can see you are probably right (the palps appear to be pale).

Posted by Arthropa on 04-09-2004 15:54
#3
Here are the picts :

marthaadsl.free.fr/ATH/photos/ATH04-05-02-031.jpg
marthaadsl.free.fr/ATH/photos/ATH04-05-02-042.jpg

Maybe I'm wrong, but palpae are brown, so, it would be M. tesselatipennis ?
(Thanks to the Myopa key on Mark van Veen's website)
Hope this will help !

Yours,
Edited by Arthropa on 04-09-2004 16:11

Posted by Paul Beuk on 04-09-2004 20:02
#4
You hit the nail right on the head, dark palpi -> tessellatipennis.