Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Melanostoma ? --> Xanthandrus comtus --> Platycheirus F

Posted by pat_der2003 on 11-01-2010 21:19
#1
it is just to say something ...

Loire-atlantique, western France, October 9th 2009, on ivy flower.
Edited by pat_der2003 on 11-01-2010 22:13

Posted by Andre on 11-01-2010 21:22
#2
Close (really): Xanthandrus comtus female.

Posted by pat_der2003 on 11-01-2010 21:26
#3
Wow !! Smile

so quick and a new genus for me (and so a new species !!) ! Wink

Many thanks Andre !! Smile

Posted by Gerard Pennards on 11-01-2010 21:37
#4
Nope, not Xanthandrus, too small (look at the Hedera flower) and looks are different.
It's a Platycheirus female, scutatus or the like!
greetings

Posted by Andre on 11-01-2010 21:57
#5
You are right again.

Posted by pat_der2003 on 11-01-2010 22:12
#6
Damned ! Wink

this one (genus) i have ... and didn't recognize it !! (not a surprise !! Wink)

Many thanks Gerard ! Smile

is anything to be seen to Id this one to species level ? may be i have some other views that might helped ...