Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Linnaemya male? (10.08.25) --> Linnaemya picta
Posted by Juergen Peters on 17-08-2025 15:39
#1
Hello,
a 10 mm fly on
Heracleum sphondylium on a meadow near a small brook (northwest Germany). Sorry fpr the bad picture quality.
Edited by Juergen Peters on 19-08-2025 09:24
Posted by Juergen Peters on 17-08-2025 15:39
#2
Pic #2
Posted by Juergen Peters on 17-08-2025 15:40
#3
Pic #3
Posted by eklans on 17-08-2025 16:27
#4
As far as I can see: male
Linnaemya tesselans
Posted by Juergen Peters on 17-08-2025 18:25
#5
eklans wrote:
As far as I can see: male Linnaemya tesselans
Thanks a lot!
Edit: I think, correct species name is
tessellans
Edited by Juergen Peters on 17-08-2025 18:29
Posted by Zeegers on 19-08-2025 09:15
#6
Genitalia are red (as well as tibiae), so clearly picta-group.
Picta is by far the most common.
Female is also picta-group (red tibiae)
Theo
Posted by Juergen Peters on 19-08-2025 09:24
#7
Thank you, Theo!