Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Bibio varipes?, ♀♂ copulating - details added

Posted by eklans on 05-01-2021 14:31
#1
This couple was found at Frankenhoehe Nature Park, too, 2020-04-24, and I've keyed it as Bibio varipes (brownish wings, male's black hair on thorax, small spurs on tibia III...).

Greetings, Eric
Edited by eklans on 06-01-2021 12:43

Posted by eklans on 05-01-2021 14:32
#2
a female, 2020-05-03

Posted by eklans on 05-01-2021 14:32
#3
a male, 2020-05-05
Edited by eklans on 05-01-2021 14:33

Posted by Zeegers on 06-01-2021 09:05
#4
I see where you are going and it is clearly not reticulatus this time ....

Theo

Posted by eklans on 06-01-2021 12:39
#5
A more lateral view of the female 2020-05-03

Posted by eklans on 06-01-2021 12:40
#6
Detail showing a hind tibial spur and the stigma
Edited by eklans on 06-01-2021 12:41

Posted by eklans on 06-01-2021 12:42
#7
Detail showing the red pleura and the light haltere