Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Syrphidae, a dark small one

Posted by brigitteu on 22-10-2009 22:49
#1
location: Switzerland, 412 müM, on my balcony
size: small one, about 6mm
date: 22.10.09, today

difficult to show a dark on a pic which is well enough to see any details . . .
is it possible to give an ID? (platycheirus??)

Thank you! Regards, Brigitte

Posted by brigitteu on 22-10-2009 22:49
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2

Posted by brigitteu on 22-10-2009 22:50
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3

Posted by Andre on 23-10-2009 11:41
#4
This could be a male Melanostoma dubium. But since I never caught it myself... Did you put it cold? Wink

Posted by Gerard Pennards on 23-10-2009 15:18
#5
Platycheirus male, in picture 2 you can see the enlarged tibia 1 on the left side. Actually, you see 4 legs there, but the first is from the right side, the second one is the first left leg, and that one you see widening to the end! Also you can see the somewhat broadened tarsae.
Greetings
Edited by Gerard Pennards on 23-10-2009 15:19

Posted by brigitteu on 23-10-2009 16:07
#6
Thank you André and Gerard!

I wanted have a pic from the head - head is not "sharp", but the front legs are more detailed.
Did I puted the marks on right place? I didn't kept an eye on this detail. Is it always "platycheirus" with this legs?
Sorry that I didn't showed this pic - not knowing that it shows important details :-(

Posted by Andre on 24-10-2009 22:39
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Well, I didn't see that on pics one and two! Don't know how he did that!

Your last pic is much better! :)
Platycheirus albimanus