Archive image from page 205 of Diptera Danica genera and species Diptera Danica: genera and species of flies hitherto found in Denmark dipteradanicage01lund Year: 1907 24 Orthorrhapha brachycera. femora. Wings hyaline, slightly yellowish with blackish veins. Halteres yellow. Female. Resembling the male but the pubescence on the thorax slightly shorter and hence the stripes, especially the two lateral, gene- rally more distinct; the abdomen somewhat broader. Length 11,5—14,5 mm. This species is distinguished especially by the highly prominent antennal tubercle, and the colouring of the legs a
Archive image from page 205 of Diptera Danica genera and species Diptera Danica: genera and species of flies hitherto found in Denmark dipteradanicage01lund Year: 1907 24 Orthorrhapha brachycera. femora. Wings hyaline, slightly yellowish with blackish veins. Halteres yellow. Female. Resembling the male but the pubescence on the thorax slightly shorter and hence the stripes, especially the two lateral, gene- rally more distinct; the abdomen somewhat broader. Length 11,5—14,5 mm. This species is distinguished especially by the highly prominent antennal tubercle, and the colouring of the legs also distinguishes it from the other Danish species. is a common species in Denmark; Ordrup Mose, Erme- lund, Dyrehaven, Brede, 0rholm, Birkered, Hiller0d, the small wood Tyvekrog, at Boserup near Roskilde and Svenstrup between Roskilde and Ringsted; in Jutland at Silkeborg and Dollerup. My dates are 29/5_29/g_ It occurs iu the herbage and high grass on meadows and fields and generally gregarious. Geographical distribution: — Northern and middle Europe down into France; towards the north to middle Scandinavia. 5. D. hyalipennis Fabr. 1794. Fabr. Ent. Syst. IV, 388, 54 {Asihis) (nee. auct.) — Dioctria flavipes: 1804. Meig. Klass. eur. Zweifl. Ins. I, 257, 6. — 1842. Zett. Dipt. Scand. I, 183, 3 et 1849. VIII, 2974, 3 et 1855. XII, 4580, 3. - 1847. Low, Linn. Entom. II, 426, 10. — 1862. Schin. F. A. I, 122. — 1903. Kat. palaarkt. Dipt. II, 104. Male. Eyes in the living specimens greenish, slightly metallic. Face whitish pruinose, a little more yellowish above; just below the antennae black; epistomal beard not dense, whitish. Proboscis and palpi black with yellow hairs. Antennal tubercle slightly prominent; frons and vertex black. Occiput black with brow- nish, downwards more yellowish, on the jowls whitish hairs; it is whitish pruinose along the posterior eye-margin when seen in certain direc- tions, the whitish colour disappearing above. i Antennse black, t
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