Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Cheilosia on buttercup (31.05.23) --> Melanogaster nuda

Posted by Juergen Peters on 02-06-2023 19:03
#1
Hello,

this female was much smaller than the usual Cheilosia albitarsis/ranunculi, only ~7 mm. On a meadow near rivulet (northwest Germany).
Edited by Juergen Peters on 06-06-2023 18:00

Posted by helge on 05-06-2023 09:54
#2
Melanogaster spec.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 05-06-2023 21:45
#3
helge wrote:
Melanogaster spec.


Oh, that's interesting. Thank you!

Posted by helge on 06-06-2023 06:41
#4
This genus is very common on buttercup..

Posted by JWV on 06-06-2023 13:45
#5
Hi,

My guess would be M. nuda. For the other possible species (aerosa/hirtella), you would expect some sort of hair on the thorax, which looks very bare to me.

Best, Jonne

Posted by Juergen Peters on 06-06-2023 17:59
#6
JWV wrote:
My guess would be M. nuda. For the other possible species (aerosa/hirtella), you would expect some sort of hair on the thorax, which looks very bare to me.

Thank you, Jonne!