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 Melanic Platycheirus?
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| blowave |
Posted on 27-08-2010 00:05
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 Member Location: LINCOLN, UK Posts: 3151 Joined: 27.06.07 |
Hi, I have had melanic Melanostoma mellinum, but this is surely Platycheirus. In fact it looks like the one I put on for ID which I had thought to be Platycheirus europaeus but without the spots. Taken on 22nd August, woodlands and heathlands type habitat, my garden a few miles south of Lincoln UK. Any takers?  Janet blowave attached the following image:  [98.63Kb] http://cubits.org... |
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| blowave |
Posted on 27-08-2010 00:06
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| blowave |
Posted on 27-08-2010 00:07
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| blowave |
Posted on 27-08-2010 00:09
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| Andre |
Posted on 27-08-2010 10:02
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 Member Location: Tilburg, the Netherlands Posts: 2111 Joined: 18.07.04 |
It is Platycheirus indeed. And, indeed, the only melanic (not melanistic?; practising my english  ) Platycheirus I ever found is one P. europaeus.The visible characters on your pics all direct to P. europaeus. |
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| blowave |
Posted on 27-08-2010 15:30
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Member Location: LINCOLN, UK Posts: 3151 Joined: 27.06.07 |
Andre wrote: It is Platycheirus indeed. And, indeed, the only melanic (not melanistic?; practising my english ) Platycheirus I ever found is one P. europaeus.The visible characters on your pics all direct to P. europaeus. I went through the key, and that was my conclusion too but to hear you have only ever come across a melanic P. europaeus had me doing cartwheels!
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