Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Bombyliidae

Posted by Rui Andrade on 31-07-2007 17:51
#1
Can you help me to ID these bombyliids?
Thank you

locality: Barcelos, Portugal

1-
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2-
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3-
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4-
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Edited by Rui Andrade on 29-11-2007 23:58

Posted by javig on 31-07-2007 18:18
#2
Hi,

3- Hemipenthes morio
4- Villa sp. (very hard genus)

regards

Posted by javig on 31-07-2007 18:29
#3
Hi again,

1 and 2, I think it may be Exoprosopa jacchus (Fabricius, 1805), but I'm not completely sure...


Posted by Rui Andrade on 31-07-2007 18:47
#4
Thank you javig. Are you sure that 3 is Hemipenthes morio? Why (I want to know how to recognize it by myselfSmile)?

Posted by javig on 31-07-2007 18:52
#5
http://www.dipter...post_32050

see Susan and David answers Wink
Edited by javig on 31-07-2007 18:53

Posted by Rui Andrade on 31-07-2007 19:01
#6
Thanks again javig. And by the way, nice blogWink

Posted by javig on 31-07-2007 19:03
#7
and 1-2 match completely E. jacchus, but I don't know all Exoprosopa species in Iberian Peninsula (a dozen approx.)

Rui Andrade wrote:
And by the way, nice blogWink


Thank you! Smile
Edited by javig on 31-07-2007 19:53