Thread subject:
Diptera.info :: Syrphidae?
Posted by
Pentti Ketola
on 07-06-2014 15:22
#1
Hi,
can anyone help me identify?
I took the photo on 7 June 2014 Kokkola, Finland.
Regars Pentti
Edited by
Pentti Ketola
on 08-06-2014 06:55
Posted by
Pentti Ketola
on 07-06-2014 15:22
#2
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Posted by
Tony Irwin
on 07-06-2014 16:41
#3
Hammerschmidtia ferruginea
(Syrphidae) female
Posted by
Pentti Ketola
on 07-06-2014 17:10
#4
Many thanks Tony!
Pentti.
Posted by
Stephane Lebrun
on 07-06-2014 17:28
#5
The wing venation is wrong for
Hammerschmidtia
: this is a
Brachyopa
.
Posted by
Pentti Ketola
on 07-06-2014 21:23
#6
Brachyopa testacea
makes sense?
Thanks Stephane!
Pentti.
Posted by
Tony Irwin
on 07-06-2014 21:39
#7
Ooops!
Posted by
Pentti Ketola
on 08-06-2014 06:47
#8
Hi,
Can anybody confirm if this is a
Brachyopa testacea
?
Regards Pentti
Posted by
Pentti Ketola
on 08-06-2014 06:48
#9
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Posted by
gneve
on 21-08-2014 21:11
#10
if length is 6.5 to 8 mm, and hairs of arista about three times longer than thickness of arista at base, than it should be B. testacea.
(G. vittata is much bigger and also much rarer)
Gabriel