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Posted by Gerard Pennards on 03-08-2007 10:11

Hello Vladimir,
This is a female of Meligramma triangulifera!

Please put this nice picture in the gallery!
greetings,

Posted by Vladimir Davydov on 07-08-2007 12:44

http://www.syrphi...20w01.html

It too it ?

Edited by Vladimir Davydov on 07-08-2007 12:45

Posted by caliprobola on 07-08-2007 13:05

Meligramma triangulifera indeed looks a bit like Meliscaeva auricollis, the pic on the german website seems to me like a triangulifera too but let's wait for Gerard...

these are some pics of Meliscaeva auricollis i took in 2004, you can see the spots on 2nd segment aren't that triangular as it is with M. triangulifera.

Edited by caliprobola on 07-08-2007 13:07

Posted by Gerard Pennards on 07-08-2007 13:10

Hello Vladimir,
Yep, that picture is not Meliscaeva auricollis, that is also a Meligramma triangulifera female! On the site there are other pictures (next to this one) which show the real Meliscaeva auricollis, also the female! You can compare the pictures with each other, look at the form and color of the spots and the head! So this picture is the only one from all the Meliscaeva auricollis pictures on this site which is wrongly identified!
Well observed!
Greetings,