Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Spilomyia manicata?

Posted by FrankAeckersberg on 29-12-2023 23:26
#1
Hello,

I found this specimen in the Botanical Garden of Berlin at 18-Jul-2023.
Based on foto comparisons I assume it is Spilomyia manicata, but I am not sure.
Could you please have a look?

Thank you and best regards
Frank
Edited by FrankAeckersberg on 29-12-2023 23:38

Posted by Karsten Thomsen on 31-12-2023 14:36
#2
According to Bot&Meutter 2023, the third yellow band on the abdomen is uninterrupted in manicatum and interrupted in saltuum, and the former has long haisr on the top of the scutum whereas the latter has short hairs. Do you have a side view?

Karsten
Edited by Karsten Thomsen on 31-12-2023 14:37

Posted by Karsten Thomsen on 31-12-2023 14:39
#3
Incredibly nice shot, by the way! :-)

Posted by FrankAeckersberg on 01-01-2024 19:29
#4
Thank you, Karsten!
Unfortunately, I have only this picture. The Syrphidae flew away after I took this picture.

Posted by Zeegers on 02-01-2024 08:16
#5
based in the colour if front leg, this clearly is manicata.
Manicata can have narrowly interrupted yellow bands on tergites.

Theo

Posted by Karsten Thomsen on 02-01-2024 16:50
#6
Congratulations with the find, Frank. We used to have the species in Zealand, Denmark, but the latest find is from 1846...

Karsten

Posted by FrankAeckersberg on 02-01-2024 23:00
#7
Many thanks, Theo and Karsten!