Gallery Links
Users Online
· Guests Online: 21

· Members Online: 0

· Total Members: 4,984
· Newest Member: Chamdab
Forum Threads
Theme Switcher
Switch to:
Last Seen Users
· RamiP< 5 mins
· Alexandru Pi...00:29:48
· Zeegers00:36:43
· pierred00:37:40
· libor01:12:30
· ESant01:28:03
· Nosferatumyia01:42:43
· Tony Irwin02:23:29
· evdb02:25:46
· Andrzej02:31:34
Latest Photo Additions
View Thread
Diptera.info :: Family forums :: Syrphidae
Who is here? 1 guest(s)
 Print Thread
Most likely M. mellinum
lagura
#1 Print Post
Posted on 04-02-2015 22:06
User Avatar

Member

Location: Helsingborg, Sweden
Posts: 1241
Joined: 24.10.08

This fly, about 3mm long, was found on a blackberry shrub.
Helsingborg, Sweden. 26 April 2014.
Edit: Former title: Small Syrphidae - Platycheirus?
lagura attached the following image:


[89.97Kb]
Edited by lagura on 21-02-2015 14:12
www.bruphoto.com/2009/pics/larsdi.png
 
Ectemnius
#2 Print Post
Posted on 21-02-2015 12:40
Member

Location: The Netherlands
Posts: 845
Joined: 22.11.11

Hello Lagura,

Platycheirus or Melanostoma female. But hard to say. Most likely a melanistic specimen of M. mellinum.

Greetings,

Ectemnius
 
lagura
#3 Print Post
Posted on 21-02-2015 14:11
User Avatar

Member

Location: Helsingborg, Sweden
Posts: 1241
Joined: 24.10.08

Thank you, Ectemnius! Smile
www.bruphoto.com/2009/pics/larsdi.png
 
Jump to Forum:
Similar Threads
Thread Forum Replies Last Post
teneral Melanostoma mellinum [f] (maybe) Syrphidae 6 09-03-2024 20:08
Melanostoma ID?---> M. cf. mellinum Syrphidae 3 01-03-2023 17:46
Germany: Melanostoma mellinum? -> Confirmed Syrphidae 4 20-01-2022 17:34
fly ID - Melanostoma mellinum (f) Syrphidae 3 03-12-2021 10:42
Very tiny fly --> Melanostoma cf. mellinum Syrphidae 4 30-07-2021 08:57
Date and time
02 October 2024 14:27
Login
Username

Password



Not a member yet?
Click here to register.

Forgotten your password?
Request a new one here.
Temporary email?
Due to fact this site has functionality making use of your email address, any registration using a temporary email address will be rejected.

Paul
Donate
Please, help to make
Diptera.info
possible and enable
further improvements!
Latest Articles
Syrph the Net
Those who want to have access to the Syrph the Net database need to sign the
License Agreement -
Click to Download


Public files of Syrph the Net can be downloaded HERE

Last updated: 25.08.2011
Shoutbox
You must login to post a message.

29.07.24 14:19
Don't suppose anyone knows anwhere selling a copy of Contributions to a Manual of Palaearctic Diptera 2? Always wanted a copy.... Smile

16.07.24 12:37
TumbsUp

11.07.24 13:59
Following up on the update provided by Paul on the donations received in 2024, I just made a donation. Follow my example Wink

17.08.23 16:23
Aneomochtherus

17.08.23 14:54
Tony, I HAD a blank in the file name. Sorry!

17.08.23 14:44
Tony, thanks! I tried it (see "Cylindromyia" Wink but don't see the image in the post.

17.08.23 12:37
pjt - just send the post and attached image. Do not preview thread, as this will lose the link to the image,

16.08.23 09:37
Tried to attach an image to a forum post. jpg, 32kB, 72dpi, no blanks, ... File name is correctly displayed, but when I click "Preview Thread" it just vanishes. Help!

23.02.23 22:29
Has anyone used the Leica DM500, any comments.

27.12.22 22:10
Thanks, Jan Willem! Much appreciated. Grin

Render time: 0.38 seconds | 201,544,566 unique visits