Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Xylota segnis? => Xylota sp

Posted by Lennart Bendixen on 04-06-2015 06:21
#1
Hi again,

can someone veri- or falsify this as Xylota segnis? Are there similar species to find in middle Europe?

Thank you!

Lennart

2014-10-11, Germany, Schleswig-Holstein, Mohrkirch
Edited by Lennart Bendixen on 07-06-2015 17:16

Posted by Valentin Nidergas on 04-06-2015 10:50
#2
We can't see enough the bristles on the femur 3... do you have a lateral view ?

Posted by Lennart Bendixen on 04-06-2015 22:01
#3
Unfortunately not... it was just last week when I realised that also Syrphidae are so hard to determinate, I was a bit blue-eyed I guess... so before that I didn't take so many pictures of most of the Syrphs.
Is the genus Xylota correct though?

Posted by Valentin Nidergas on 05-06-2015 13:42
#4
Yes, Xylota is right. X. segnis could be right too, because of the bristles on he ventral side of the femur 3. But I prefer to be prudent (we can't see if the bristles are long enough, but I think so).

Posted by Lennart Bendixen on 07-06-2015 17:15
#5
Thank you, Valentin! So I'll be waiting for another one to see.