Thread subject: Diptera.info :: which genus -> Xanthandrus comtus

Posted by treebeard on 07-08-2014 19:32
#1
Hi

can anybody help me ti identify this species? It was rather small (some 8 mm), wings much longer than body.

Slovakia, Banska Bystrica, 6 August 2014, patchy landscape (meadows, alder galleries, forests) near town
Edited by treebeard on 07-08-2014 20:16

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 07-08-2014 20:07
#2
Female of Xanthandrus comtus.
Edited by Stephane Lebrun on 07-08-2014 20:19

Posted by treebeard on 07-08-2014 20:14
#3
Thank you very much, I was confused by the color, but you are apparently right.

Matej


My idea was like this, darker with more yellowish spots: