Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Brachyopa? (male, 4pics)

Posted by Rupert Huber on 02-07-2009 05:02
#1
Hello to all,
is this a Brachyopa? And can it be exactly IDed.

Length about 12mm

1 July 2009, Germany, Upper Bavaria, Swamp called Pechschnait near Traunstein, ~680m asl

Greetings
Rupert

Posted by Rupert Huber on 02-07-2009 05:03
#2
2nd

Posted by Rupert Huber on 02-07-2009 05:03
#3
3rd

Posted by Rupert Huber on 02-07-2009 05:04
#4
4th

Posted by Gerard Pennards on 02-07-2009 08:58
#5
Hey Rupert,
Nice pictures!! No, it's not Brachyopa, but a genus that looks a lot like them.
This is the male of Hammerschmidtia ferruginea!
Greetings,

Posted by Rupert Huber on 02-07-2009 11:11
#6
Thanks Gerard!
So my doubts about Brachyopa were justified (seems too slim, and perhaps too long as well).
Doesn't seem to be among the most frequent hoverflies, so I'm really glad now yet to have left the house yesterday evening.Grin
Best greetings
Rupert
Edited by Rupert Huber on 02-07-2009 11:17

Posted by Andre on 03-07-2009 08:15
#7
I wanted to shout the same! Great pics! And, very typicly, found on white umbelliferes Grin

Posted by Rupert Huber on 04-07-2009 20:21
#8
Many thanks to you, too, Andre!
So I'll try if the pics are good enough for Paul, too, to accept them for the gallery Wink

Best greetings
Rupert