Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Cheilosia albitarsis?

Posted by crex on 11-11-2006 13:43
#1
From midwest Sweden 2006-07-02. I think it might be a Cheilosia sp!? This was the best of three bad shots ... Unusual maroonish color of the wings!?
Edited by crex on 11-11-2006 17:19

Posted by Gerard Pennards on 11-11-2006 17:03
#2
Yes, it is a Cheilosia, and I think this is the female of C. albitarsis.
Greetings, Gerard

Posted by crex on 11-11-2006 17:18
#3
Gerard Pennards wrote:
Yes, it is a Cheilosia, and I think this is the female of C. albitarsis.
Greetings, Gerard


Thank you very much Gerard. C. albitarsis sounds like it should have white (or at least light) tarsi, but as far as I can see these are all dark ...

Posted by Gerard Pennards on 11-11-2006 21:45
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Hello Crex,
Yes, that is true, normally you would see some white tarsal segments on leg 1, but as always there are animals (in these case especially females) in which this character is hardly visible. In this case my identification was based on general shape and the yellowish color of the wing base!
greetings,

Posted by Gisela Merkel-Wallner on 12-11-2006 09:28
#5
Hello,

the Cheilosia albitarsis I know in eastern Bavaria seldom have "white" segments on the tars 1. They are mostly yellow or brown, but always recognizable lighter than the other segments.

Gisela Merkel-Wallner