Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Cylindromyia pusilla? => probably Clairvilla biguttata

Posted by Volker on 10-08-2023 17:53
#1
Hello,

I photographed this fly on yarrow today. It was much smaller than for example Cylindromyia bicolor. You can also estimate the size by looking at the flower heads of the yarrow. Is this possibly Cylindromyia pusilla?
Germany, Saarland, Bexbach, Garden, Absolute Altitude 250 m, 10.08.2023

Greetings, Volker
Edited by Volker on 11-08-2023 19:48

Posted by Zeegers on 11-08-2023 17:19
#2
Any chance of more pictures ? it looks weird, cant assess the wing venation, though

Theo

Posted by Volker on 11-08-2023 18:22
#3
Hi Theo,

I only have one picture left and I'm going to upload the first one again, this time a little bigger. Click on the image to enlarge.

Greetings, Volker

abload.de/img/cylindromyia_pusillajtcxq.jpg
abload.de/img/cylindromyia_pusilla2pccla.jpg

Posted by Zeegers on 11-08-2023 18:59
#4
That’s what I thought: Clairvillia.
Should be C. biguttata (but in these days, you never know!)

Theo

Posted by Volker on 11-08-2023 19:45
#5
Hi Theo,

Great, thank you very much. The species is still rare in Germany..

Greetings, Volker