Thread subject: Diptera.info :: this is a diptera (Loxocera hoffmannseggi)

Posted by guenille on 16-09-2007 08:01
#1
When I shooted it I think hymenoptera, not sure now.
Who know it ?
Thank
Edith

Near Paris, september 15th, at the edge of a river.
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Edited by guenille on 19-09-2007 20:05

Posted by Zeegers on 16-09-2007 08:11
#2
IT's a diptera alright.
SOmething like Loxocera (Psilidae ) ??

Magnificant mimic !

Theo

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 16-09-2007 09:23
#3
Subgenus Platystyla I suppose. Near Loxocera hoffmannseggi ?
Very interesting fly. Well done Edith. Smile

Posted by guenille on 16-09-2007 09:52
#4
Thanks a lot Theo and St?phane.
I am proud to have sometimes good shot and specimen

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 17-09-2007 21:07
#5
Anyone could tell more ? Is Loxocera hoffmannseggi possible ?
Paul ?

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 18-09-2007 15:17
#6
Stephane, your ID confirmed by Anatoly Shatalkin Wink
So, Edith can remove "?"
Nikita

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 18-09-2007 18:03
#7
Many Thanks to Nikita and to A. Shatalkin. Smile
The species is not present in France according to Fauna Europaea (but present in Belgium, Switzerland, Germany). Once again a good find by Edith. Smile

Greetings.

Posted by Tony T on 18-09-2007 19:41
#8
Unreal! It initiated a new thread HERE
Edited by Paul Beuk on 18-09-2007 19:51