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Posted by RamiP on 23-07-2016 20:11

23.7. in Jyväskylä, Finland

Edited by RamiP on 26-07-2016 07:17

Posted by Sundew on 25-07-2016 19:24

Not Xylota (there are no spines on the lower side of the hind femora), this is a female of Brachypalpoides lentus.

Posted by RamiP on 25-07-2016 19:48

Dear Claudia. I have to say that this time I don't believe you. Brachypalpoides lentus is very rare in Finland. It is founded few times only in Ahvenanmaa (archipelago between Finland and Sweden) and last time 2002.
It's legs should be also black.

Rami

Posted by Sundew on 25-07-2016 21:50

You are right - the leg colour is wrong

So a Xylota indeed, but one with hardly visible spines on the hind femora... I just learn that you have 11 Xylota species in Finland, so one should be the right choice. My Tyrolean X. ignava (http://www.dipter...pid=171533) and the unknown to me X. tarda (http://insecta.pr.../48294.jpg) have a rather similar appearance but seem to have a golden shimmer of short hairs on the thorax that I miss here. So I do not dare a guess...

Posted by ValerioW on 25-07-2016 22:08

Fore and mid tibiae entirely pale direct toward X. ignava female

Edited by ValerioW on 25-07-2016 22:09