Thread subject: Diptera.info :: which Helophilus? None => Anasimyia lineata

Posted by Lennart Bendixen on 14-06-2015 08:41
#1
Hi,

to me this one looks like H. groenlandicus, but I'm not sure if Northern Germany belongs to the "Northern Holarctic" (in fact I don't really think so), where this species seems to live. So what it this, can someone help?

Thank you!
Lennart

2015-06-04, Germany, Schleswig-Holstein, Mohrkirch
Edited by Lennart Bendixen on 15-06-2015 05:20

Posted by bums on 14-06-2015 13:21
#2
my amateur guess is Anasimyia lineata,male.... Smile

greetings, Chris
Edited by bums on 14-06-2015 13:21

Posted by Sundew on 14-06-2015 19:36
#3
Anasimyia lineata seems more probable indeed. It has a prominent snout (which seems to make the triangular shadow) and orange antennae. Helophilus groenlandicus is absent from Germany according to Fauna Europaea. Its face looks very different and has a shining black stripe; the antennae are dark.
Views from different angles would be helpful!
Regards, Sundew

Posted by Lennart Bendixen on 15-06-2015 04:46
#4
Alright, thank you both, that sounds good! I hadn't even heard of that genus at all ;-). Thank you very much for the explanation, Sundew, it's quite plausible.
I just got one more picture of it.

Greetings, Lennart

Posted by Sundew on 15-06-2015 11:09
#5
With this picture, there are no doubts left. Why didn't you show it in your first post Shock ? Just to test us Wink ?
Edited by Sundew on 15-06-2015 11:10