Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Bellardia?
Posted by Jan Zwaaneveld on 16-03-2008 13:58
#1
Could this be Bellardia spec. and could perhaps something more be said about its identity? This pretty fly was about 7 mm long. Photographed on March 14th at Amsterdamse Waterleidingduinen (dunes), Netherlands.
Thanks in advance!
Posted by Zeegers on 16-03-2008 14:48
#2
I'm not sure.
Was it really green on the abdomen or is the light tricky ?
The dusting vittae on the thorax rather suggest Melinda, in which case the abdomen really must be blue.
Theo
Posted by Jan Zwaaneveld on 16-03-2008 14:57
#3
Hello Theo, I'm 100% certain the abdomen was green. I noticed it in the field and at first I thought it was Neomyia or something like it.
Here's another photo from a slightly different angle.
Posted by Zeegers on 17-03-2008 17:52
#4
The second picture looks indeed like Bellardia.
Theo
Posted by Jan Zwaaneveld on 17-03-2008 21:47
#5
O.k., thanks for your help, Theo.