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Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Sun May 24, 2020 7:52 pm
by ExFmem
Next up - I have pics of the Bombylidae
Exoprosopa from a number of different years, so am gonna dig them up and compare to see if maybe some are different from one another. I also need to look into the
Exoprosopa versus
Delilippia designation. See ya' then.
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Sun May 24, 2020 7:54 pm
by Klipspringer
ExFmem wrote: ↑Sun May 24, 2020 7:52 pm
Next up - I have pics of the Bombylidae
Exoprosopa from a number of different years, so am gonna dig them up and compare to see if maybe some are different from one another. I also need to look into the
Exoprosopa versus
Delilippia designation. See ya' then.
Just post them and any other Bombilidae!
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Sun May 24, 2020 11:18 pm
by ExFmem
Okay, here’s what I have over the years, all from KTP. Will post whatever angles I have - some not so helpful.
The one in the AW book already, ID’d as
Exoprosopa sp. was from 2011
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2014 KTP
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Sun May 24, 2020 11:19 pm
by ExFmem
2015 KTP
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Sun May 24, 2020 11:22 pm
by ExFmem
2017 KTP file 2
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Sun May 24, 2020 11:23 pm
by ExFmem
2017 KTP file 3
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Sun May 24, 2020 11:25 pm
by ExFmem
2018 KTP
Note: it’s POSSIBLE the above 2 are different flies, but they were taken 2 snaps apart, both on the same type flower, so I put them together.
WHEW!! And you thought I was obsessive w/ j. spiders….
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2020 8:47 pm
by ExFmem
Found this while looking for the previous. Megachilid - also Imfolozi.
Without any wing showing, can anything be done with it?
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2020 9:33 pm
by Klipspringer
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2020 11:26 am
by Klipspringer
ExFmem wrote: ↑Wed Jun 03, 2020 8:47 pm
Found this while looking for the previous. Megachilid - also Imfolozi.
Without any wing showing, can anything be done with it?
A
Bombomyia sp.
The SANBI-list has 4 spp recorded for SA:
Bombomyia acroleucus, B. bombiformis, B. discoidea, B. fulvontata
B. discoidea and
B. bombifrons look different, they have orange black and white bands.
Here a
B. discoidea:
https://africawild-forum.com/viewtopic. ... 89#p501589
After consultation with the Hesse keys, I can tell that it is not B. fulvonotata (which does not have longitudinal stripes on the thorax).
It might be B. acroleucus, described as having thorax stripes as well as white round patches. The description fits more or less, but (at least 100 years ago) there are only records for the Karoo area.
What do you think? Do we make it a
Bombomyia sp., possibly
B. acroleucus?
