Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Bumble bee like Syrphid --> Criorhina berberina

Posted by Juergen Peters on 11-05-2008 21:28
#1
Hello!

Unfortunately I only have this single picture. This not very big (8-9 mm) fly looked and behaved (not hovering at the blossoms, but running around between them) exactly like a small Bombus pascuorum worker. Found on May-09 at forest, northwest Germany. Can it be a Criorhina?
Edited by Juergen Peters on 12-05-2008 00:40

Posted by Gerard Pennards on 11-05-2008 22:01
#2
Yep, Criorhina berberina female, the typical form.
There is also a color form which is totally yellow.
They can be quite small!
greetings

Posted by Juergen Peters on 12-05-2008 00:37
#3
Hello, Gerard!

Gerard Pennards wrote:
Yep, Criorhina berberina female, the typical form.
There is also a color form which is totally yellow.
They can be quite small!


Many thanks! I had the form 'oxyacanthe' before, but it was considerably bigger.

insektenfotos.de/Brachymyia%20berberina%20var.%20oxyacanthe%20(Baerenschwebfliege),%20Weibchen_001.jpg

P.S.: The genus name Brachymyia is not valid any more?