Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Melanogaster

Posted by Jessica on 09-06-2021 11:37
#1

Hello,

Couls this female be Melanogaster nuda ?

I don't see any long hairs on the thorax, but I also don't see any in photos of female Melaogaster aerosa so I cannot use this criterion with my pictures. I feel like we see a dark stripe on the wings in the side picture, could that help?

www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/image/dos283/big/Syrphe.jpg
Jessica Joachim : France : Mazères : 09270 : 02/05/2021
Altitude : 221 m - Taille : 6 mm environ (pas mesurée)
Réf. : 283609

www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/image/dos283/big/Syrphe%202.jpg
Jessica Joachim : France : Mazères : 09270 : 02/05/2021
Altitude : 221 m - Taille : 6 mm environ (pas mesurée)
Réf. : 283610

Posted by Jessica on 16-06-2021 22:14
#2

Hello,

No idea ?

Posted by helge on 17-06-2021 09:20
#3

Hello Jessica, difficult to identify only with some pictures. In your case I think you are right, but the identification still remains uncertain, because the species of this genus (especially the females, but also the males) are not easy to separate.
M. nuda is very common and widespread, M. parumplicata is rare (at least in the locations I know).


Helge

Edited by helge on 17-06-2021 09:21

Posted by Jessica on 17-06-2021 21:20
#4

Hello Helge,
Thank you very much for your answer !