Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Another Brachyopa

Posted by Axel Steiner on 09-05-2008 22:01
#1
Hi,
is there any chance to derminate this Brachyopa?
I found this female in Germany (NRW/Ennepetal) placing eggs at a spruce on a clear cutting in the near of a riparian forest.

Posted by Axel Steiner on 09-05-2008 22:04
#2
another pic

Posted by Axel Steiner on 09-05-2008 22:05
#3
another pic

Posted by Gerard Pennards on 11-05-2008 22:13
#4
A female Brachyopa panzeri or dorsata!
Panzeri if the third antennal segment has a large sensory pit, dorsata if it's small.
I can't see a pit very well, so I would guess a female Brachyopa dorsata!
greetings

Posted by Axel Steiner on 12-05-2008 21:07
#5
Hallo Gerard,
Many thanks! Brachyopa dorsata is more infrequently in North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany) than Brachyopa panzeri and this species is not reported out of this region (Bergisches Land).