Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Shiny green

Posted by Josef Buecker on 31-01-2009 15:57
#1
Hello Forum,
what about the ID of this syrphid? Found in Hagen, NRW, alder marshland, 175msm, September 26th 2008
Best regards, josef

Posted by Roger Thomason on 31-01-2009 22:06
#2
Looks like Platycheirus sp.,don't know which one. The green colour is just being picked up from the surrounding vegatation, the same way your reflection can be seen on the thorax.
Regards Roger
Edited by Roger Thomason on 31-01-2009 22:08

Posted by conopid on 31-01-2009 22:41
#3
female Melanostoma - note the triangular shaped yellow markings on the abdomen.

Posted by Roger Thomason on 31-01-2009 23:27
#4
Well that's my quota of wrong ID's used up for January.
Unfortunately it's February tomorrow, so expect some more soonFrown.