Thread subject: Diptera.info :: cf Cheilosia caerulescens.

Posted by Jim Senn on 16-01-2022 16:54
#1
Badem, RLP, Germany, 01 Aug 2021, captured on a cactus bloom in my garden. Can this fly be identified as a Cheilosia caerulescens?
Edited by Jim Senn on 19-01-2022 14:39

Posted by Jim Senn on 16-01-2022 16:55
#2
Second photo.

Posted by Karsten Thomsen on 18-01-2022 16:59
#3
I only know C. caerulescens from pictures; but the following characters indeed seem to fit well with that species: hairless eyes, protruding lower face, and some darkened wing ribs.

Karsten

Posted by Jim Senn on 19-01-2022 14:40
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Thanks for your help.