Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Helophilus trivittatus? <=

Posted by Lennart Bendixen on 08-06-2015 16:06
#1
Hi again,

is this Helophilus trivittatus or a different Helophilus? I'm not sure why I once named this picture H. trivittatus because in fact I couldn't have known how to determinate it... but maybe it was coincidentally correct ;-)

2014-09-25, Germany, Schleswig-Holstein, Mohrkirch

Thank you!

Lennart
Edited by Lennart Bendixen on 09-06-2015 21:40

Posted by Anezka Pavlikova on 09-06-2015 11:36
#2
Hi Lennart,
this speciment is female, probably Helophilus trivittatus. Would be nice, if somebody confirm that. Other option is H. affinis and I am not so familiar with that species. But it seems to me, that in the photo we can loosely see yellow face, which is tipycal for H. trivittatus. Colour patterns of the legs look as H. trivittatus too.

Anežka

Posted by Lennart Bendixen on 09-06-2015 21:34
#3
Hi Anežka, that's good to know, thank you. So my guess wasn't that bad...
I can barely find any information about H. affinis - can that species be found in Northern Germany at all, does someone know this?
Greetings, Lennart

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 09-06-2015 21:37
#4
H. trivittatus female indeed. It is not an uncommon species in all Europa.

Posted by Lennart Bendixen on 09-06-2015 21:40
#5
Alright, thank you Stephane for confirming it!
Greetings, Lennart