Thread subject: Diptera.info :: small syrphid fly
Posted by mariki on 17-04-2008 16:17
#1
Found in eindhoven today
size: about 10mm
Thanks in advance
Mariki
Posted by jonas on 17-04-2008 18:21
#2
Hi,
probably Platycheirus albimanus.
Greets Jonas
Posted by mariki on 17-04-2008 18:30
#3
I was arrived to the same name. That is a confirmation. I have still been looking for it since I posted the picture. I do not know if these peculiar front legs can be found on other species.
Cheers,
Mariki
Posted by Susan R Walter on 18-04-2008 13:57
#4
The flattened front legs are a feature of many (most?) male
Platycheirus spp.
Edited by Susan R Walter on 18-04-2008 13:58
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 18-04-2008 23:17
#5
Yes Susan, most males
Platycheirus have broadened and/or flattened fore tibia and tarsi.