Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Thyreus bee
Posted by
zcuc on 25-10-2007 09:03
#1
Few days ago, Israel.
I first was mistaken to this it is a Syrphidae fly but after a good look found it is actually a wasp.
Can anyone ID?
Edited by
zcuc on 28-10-2007 00:38
Posted by
ChrisR on 25-10-2007 12:51
#2
I can't see clearly enough but if the hairs have branches then it is a bee
Posted by
Andre on 25-10-2007 12:58
#3
Flattened tibia and metatarsa?... it's a bee. Apidae.
#4
I'D say Apidae as well.
#5
Hello!
Possibly genus
Thyreus (?).
Posted by
zcuc on 26-10-2007 00:26
#6
Thanks Juergen,
Looks like Thyreus
there is another similar genus named Melecta but this one looks more like Thyreus.
Edited by
zcuc on 26-10-2007 00:27
Posted by
pierred on 26-10-2007 06:28
#7
Hello,
The specimen looks like
T. ramosus, drawn on page 342 of the 5th volume of Amiet et al. But there may be other species in the east-mediterranean region.
Posted by
zcuc on 28-10-2007 00:50
#8
hey pierred,
there are several known sp. in Israel:
Thyreus hyalinatus
Thyreus ramosellus
Thyreus ramosus
Thyreus tricuspis
Thyreus truncatus
According to map distribution I think also possible to find:
Thyreus affinis
Thyreus elegans
Thyreus histrionicus
ramosus indeed looks like mine, but I don't know the keys for the other species. Do you know which sp. from the list are for sure not the one in my phoho?
Posted by
pierred on 28-10-2007 09:02
#9
Hello,
I still don't know how to use the key efficiently. I can't help you more on this.
#10
Thyreus is one of the 'diffult' genera, even for the few specialists.
Regards, Christian