Archive image from page 263 of Diptera Danica genera and species Diptera Danica: genera and species of flies hitherto found in Denmark dipteradanicage01lund Year: 1907 g2 Orthonhapha brachycera. found a female of this species with another female of the same species as prey, and another time with an Ichneumonid which was as large as itself. Poulton 1. c. records from England as prey for this species: Aphodius fimetarius L., Polydrosus cervinus L., Hepialus hec- tus L., Tipula scripta Meig., Empis punctata Meig., Syrphus nitidi- colUs Meig., Myopa buccata L., Varichceta nemorum Meig., Acantho-
Archive image from page 263 of Diptera Danica genera and species Diptera Danica: genera and species of flies hitherto found in Denmark dipteradanicage01lund Year: 1907 g2 Orthonhapha brachycera. found a female of this species with another female of the same species as prey, and another time with an Ichneumonid which was as large as itself. Poulton 1. c. records from England as prey for this species: Aphodius fimetarius L., Polydrosus cervinus L., Hepialus hec- tus L., Tipula scripta Meig., Empis punctata Meig., Syrphus nitidi- colUs Meig., Myopa buccata L., Varichceta nemorum Meig., Acantho- coris sylvestris L. Geographical distribution: — Northern and middle Europe down into northern Italy: towards the north to Lapland. 2. N. cothurnatus Meig. 1820. Meig. Syst. Beschr. II, 317, 16 (Asilus). — 1849. Low, Linn. Entom. IV, 88, 50 (Itamtis). ~ 1855. Zett. Dipt. Scand. Xll, 4562, 3—4 (Asilus). — 1862. Schin. F. A. I, 155 {Asilus). — 1903. Kat. palaarkt. Dipt. II, 154. Male. Face yellowish white; epistomal beard black above, white below, the black hairs continuing down the sides. Palpi black with black and yellow hairs. Frons and vertex dark grey with long, black hairs. Occiput grey; occipito-orbital bristles black, curved strongly forwards; the hairs white. Antennae black, the first two joints with black hairs which are long below. Thorax grey, the stripes blackish, the middle stripe with a distinct median line; the disc clothed with relatively long, black hairs which are longer behind; the bristles black, the dorsocentral rows continued beyond the middle. Scutellum with erect, pale hairs and long, black marginal bristles. Pleura greyish pruinose with somewhat long hairs which are black above, whitish downwards; the long hairs on meta- and hypopleura yellowish. Ab- domen blackish; with the light from behind slightly shining with the hind margins of the segments grey and with indistinct, grey side margins; the last segments not bluish. Venter dark grey. Abdom
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