Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Nearly black, slender Calliphorid (28.04.21) --> Bellardia sp.
Posted by Juergen Peters on 29-04-2021 19:21
#1
Hallo zusammen,
unfortunately I only got this single photo from a distance. I was thinking, one of the usual
Helina evecta males was sunbathing there on a stone near the forest border (northwest Germany).
Edited by Juergen Peters on 30-04-2021 19:39
Posted by eklans on 29-04-2021 22:05
#2
Hi Jürgen, it's probably a male Bellardia.
Greetings, Eric
Posted by Juergen Peters on 29-04-2021 22:15
#3
eklans wrote:
it's probably a male Bellardia
Thank you, Eric. Seems to be not easy. Another user (in my own forum) thinks, it is a
Melinda. Myself I tended to
Protophormia terraenovae...
Posted by eklans on 30-04-2021 09:08
#4
Hallo Jürgen,
I'll attach images of the three candidates Bellardia, Melinda, Protophormia and hope, it will help a bit.
Greetings, Eric
1st Bellardia viarum male
Posted by eklans on 30-04-2021 09:09
#5
2nd Melinda viridicyanea female (no male yet)
Posted by eklans on 30-04-2021 09:10
#6
3rd Protophormia terraenovae male
Posted by Zeegers on 30-04-2021 12:41
#7
The vertex is very narrow, which points to male Bellardia. The calypter seems yellow- brown and not white (but difficult to see), again suggesting Bellardia.
Theo
Posted by Juergen Peters on 30-04-2021 19:38
#8
Many thanks Theo and Eric (to you especially for the pictures)!
Edited by Juergen Peters on 30-04-2021 19:38