Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Platypeza sp.
Posted by Volker Achterberg on 15-01-2024 18:52
#1
date: 18 Oct. 2023; location: in Hamburg, Germany; on leaves of a scrub at the border of a park with large trees and a pond;
a male fly of the Platypezidae family? probably a Protoclythia species?
Thank you for any ID comments!
Best regards, Volker
Edited by Volker Achterberg on 16-01-2024 16:40
Posted by Volker Achterberg on 15-01-2024 18:53
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2nd picture
Posted by eklans on 16-01-2024 12:54
#3
Hi Volker, I think it's a male Platypeza sp. - if you have more photos, esp. lateral ones of the head and the posterior side of a wing, we may go to species level.
Reemer, de Jong (2016): De Nederlaandse breedvoetvliegen
Posted by Volker Achterberg on 16-01-2024 16:39
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eklans wrote:
Hi Volker, I think it's a male Platypeza sp. - if you have more photos, esp. lateral ones of the head and the posterior side of a wing, we may go to species level.
Reemer, de Jong (2016): De Nederlaandse breedvoetvliegen
Thanks a lot, Eric!
Unfortunately, I couldn't take any more pictures of this fly. To know at least the right genus is excellent. Next time I try to get more pictures.
Best regards,
Volker