Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Platycheirus (?) from 10.09.11

Posted by Juergen Peters on 26-09-2011 05:26
#1
Hello!

Is this a Platycheirus female? At aphid colony in low vegetation at forest path (northwest Germany), about 7 mm.

Posted by Pierre-Yves on 26-09-2011 08:44
#2
Hi Juergen Peters

Have you an other picture ? It could be a female of Platycheirus sp. (scutatus like) or a female of Melanostoma scalare Wink

P-Y


Posted by Juergen Peters on 26-09-2011 10:19
#3
Hello, Pierre-Yves!

Pierre-Yves wrote:
Have you an other picture ?


No, sorry.

It could be a female of Platycheirus sp. (scutatus like) or a female of Melanostoma scalare


There were many Melanostoma around that day, but this one seemed to have more rectangle like spots on the abdomen, not triangle shaped. I must admit: not very clearly visible...