Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Helophilus

Posted by Ingrid Altmann on 11-02-2022 14:33
#1
Hello,
is it possible to say more to this Helophilus? Unfortunately I have only this one picture of it.
August 4, 2007, Arnschwang, Bavaria, Germany.

Regards
Ingrid

Posted by Karsten Thomsen on 15-02-2022 10:12
#2
Since neither hind legs nor face is visible, it must remain as Helophilus sp. (m).

Posted by Ingrid Altmann on 16-02-2022 11:04
#3
Thank you very much Karsten.

Posted by Karsten Thomsen on 08-03-2022 12:09
#4
On closer examination, the right hind femur seems to be just visible beneath the right wing. There seems to be onlt a tiny spot of yellow at the tip. This would accord with male Helophilus hybridus which often have the sports on tergite 4 barely visible, as this one.

Posted by Ingrid Altmann on 08-03-2022 18:42
#5
Thank you very much for your efforts Karsten! Then it is justifiable to archive the fly under Helophilus cf. hybridus. In attachment a detail of the femur.