#2
I have never seen a specimen of
Cytherea aurea but this creature looks way too similar to a very worn
Heteralonia aeaca to me
Pay attention to the existence of a cross vein connecting R2+3 and R4. As far as I know it is not present in
Cytherea aurea (I cannot be entirely sure though) but it is in
Heteralonia aeaca.
#3
Thank you for quick response, Piluca!
I didn't pay attention to wing venation, just looked through an article about Bombyliidae of Jordan and saw a fly signed as Cytherea aureus with similar wing coloration (thus the suggestion).
But know, that you have posted, I think I'll stick to your version, just need to check presence of the species in Israel
#4
Hi again, Armen
When you mentioned the paper about Bombyliidae of Jordan I felt I knew which one it was. I checked and a picture of
Cytherea aurea is there, yes!!
Now I can tell for sure that your fly is not
Cytherea aurea. This species definitely lacks the vein I told you about and has the typical habitus of a
Cytherea Your creature looks entirely as
Heteralonia. Besides
Cytherea aurea has some infuscated veins (both in description and in that image in the paper) that your specimen lacks.
As far as I can read in the literature
Heteralonia aeaca only can be mistaken by
H. aegina, which has a different colour pattern on wings (I have never seen an image of it to confirm the description though). So, your fly should be indeed
Heteralonia aeaca Congratulations for the finding! It doesn't seem to have been reported for Israel yet (at least in the literature I have checked). But its presence there shouldn't be too surprising as it can be found in Syria and Saudi Arabia
#5
So, your fly should be indeed
Heteralonia aeaca Congratulations for the finding! It doesn't seem to have been reported for Israel yet (at least in the literature I have checked). But its presence there shouldn't be too surprising as it can be found in Syria and Saudi Arabia
Well, know I see, why I wasn't able to find this fly (it was not mentioned in the Israel's bombyliidae checklist)
Thank's for the help and explanation, Piluca!
