Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Syrphidae

Posted by aleix on 21-09-2005 14:37
#1
Can anybody help with the id?
Picture taken at El Port?s, in Catalonia last August

Thx in advanced

Aleix Comas
www.diptera.info/forim/5-0728-1.jpg

Posted by Menno Reemer on 21-09-2005 15:39
#2
It's a species of the genus Villa (Bombyliidae). So, not a syrphid...

Posted by aleix on 22-09-2005 11:49
#3
Menno Reemer wrote:
It's a species of the genus Villa (Bombyliidae). So, not a syrphid...


Ooops! Thank you very much! I will have to invest a bit in basic Bibliography to at least sort the family out!