Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Pipiza sp. => Pipiza noctiluca

Posted by Gansucha on 25-05-2022 22:02
#1

Ukraine, Rivne region, on May 15.
Is it possible to determine the species of this male?
ukrbin.com//files/91/Pipiza_sp._2.jpg
ukrbin.com//files/92/Pipiza_sp._3.jpg

Edited by Gansucha on 27-05-2022 16:37

Posted by eklans on 26-05-2022 18:07
#2

Hi Victor, I think it's a male Pipiza noctiluca.

Posted by Gansucha on 27-05-2022 16:36
#3

Thank you, Eric !!!

I do not know what to look for to distinguish them.

Posted by eklans on 28-05-2022 10:10
#4

Hi Victor, P. noctiluca is descriped in Netherlandic in the Fotogids Zweefvliegen (André Schulten):
- face all black hairs
- abdomen black or with 2 yellow patches on tergite 2
- hind femur thickened
- first segment of fore tarsus pale, the others dark
- male wings transparent - female's with a slightly dark patch

Posted by Gansucha on 28-05-2022 12:03
#5

Thank you very much Eric!