Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Brachyopa maculipennis, Syrphidae, Hungary, April 2007

Posted by Xespok on 14-05-2007 16:02
#1
A male of a Brachyopa sp. Can this be id-d from this image?
Edited by Xespok on 14-05-2007 19:30

Posted by Xespok on 14-05-2007 16:02
#2
Lateral view.

Posted by Dieter on 14-05-2007 16:54
#3
Hi,

wow, that's great! This is Brachyopa maculipennis. It is easy to identify by the two black spots on the wing. At least in Germany this is a very rare species with only two recent collecting sites. Here it occurs in alluvial forests at slime fluxes of Populus alba.

Regards,
Dieter

Posted by Xespok on 14-05-2007 17:49
#4
Yes! Populus alba seems to be the key word. I mostly see these on the barks of an old P. alba. I think they stay in the cavity of this tree, this fly was trying to enter the whole when I made this photo.