Thread subject: Diptera.info :: ID, please

Posted by EsinM on 20-03-2020 13:54
#1
Mordovia (Centr. European Russia) Mordovsky NR, 10-19.06.20

Posted by EsinM on 20-03-2020 14:01
#2
Syrphidae?

Posted by Paul Beuk on 20-03-2020 14:33
#3
Ferdinandea

Posted by Ectemnius on 20-03-2020 15:35
#4
Hello EsinM,

Probably F. ruficornis judging by the grey abdomen and the pronounced frons. Could you make a picture of the bands on the abdomen and the arista?

Kind regard,

Ectemnius

Posted by Karsten Thomsen on 20-03-2020 17:14
#5
Wow, I hope it is ruficornis - an almost fabled animal here in Denmark where it was not found since 1918, until last summer where it was registred again on Zealand! According to Bot & Meutter 2019, the colour of the halteres is orange in ruficornis and darker in F. cuprea - could also be worth a closer look.

Karsten