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Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Conopidae - Physocephala vittata

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 21-08-2007 20:33

hi

* locality - Silgueiros - Viseu - PORTUGAL
* date - 2007.08.21
* size - 1 cm (big fly)
* habitat - open land
* substrate - on Mentha sp. flowers.

or it could be Conops... i must see better the wing venation.

EDIT----> Title changed from "Conopidae - Physocephala sp. ?" to "Conopidae - Physocephala chrysorrhoea" and then finally to "Conopidae - Physocephala vittata"

Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 14-09-2007 22:41

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 21-08-2007 20:37

another shot.

Posted by caliprobola on 22-08-2007 09:31

please Jorge!!
stop torturing us with your marvelous pictures!!

(this is a joke ofcourse...)

Posted by Gerard Pennards on 22-08-2007 15:15

Physocephala chrysorrhoea!

Greetings,

Posted by conopid on 22-08-2007 18:08

Conopids - wonderful looking flies. This year there are very few of them in the UK because of the awful weather.

Edited by conopid on 22-08-2007 18:09

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 22-08-2007 18:14

Thanks to all. This really fits to be P. chrysorrhoea (Meigen 1824).

Gerard you must change in gallery the name of your Physocephala...

It must be Physocephala chrysorrhoea. Not Physocephala chrysorhoae.

Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 22-08-2007 18:14

Posted by Zeegers on 22-08-2007 19:34

This one is correct, but the other one is variegata according to Seguy.
See that post

Theo

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 22-08-2007 21:44

more one shot...

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 22-08-2007 21:45

and the final shot for this beautiful specimen.

Posted by jhstuke on 31-08-2007 21:07

#10

It is a perfect vittata.

Jens-Hermann

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 01-09-2007 00:18

#11

it seems that the abdomen on this one is more yellowish than the other Physocephala..

The same question: why not P. chrysorrhoea for this one? Sorry for the questions, but I like to know the reasons.

And in this way, next time I avoid the errors.

Thank you!