Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Xylota species

Posted by nomad on 25-07-2017 21:24
#1
Can I have an ID for this please, found Fenland, Oxon, England, July 2017.

i.imgur.com/3bZWEQa.jpg
Edited by nomad on 25-07-2017 21:25

Posted by treebeard on 26-07-2017 20:25
#2
I would check also Chalcosyrphus nemorum, I don't know Xylota with yellow "knees". Xylota sp. usually have yellow larger parts of tibia.

On the other hand, the overall look is different.
Edited by treebeard on 26-07-2017 20:33

Posted by nomad on 26-07-2017 20:48
#3
Yes thanks Treebeard, with the enlarged hind femora, I thinking this is Chalcosyrphus nemorum.

Posted by johnes81 on 11-08-2017 19:29
#4
I agree with treebeard but be careful to eliminate Tropidia, which also bear large hind femora.
Edited by johnes81 on 11-08-2017 19:30