Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Callicera? -> Microdon sp.
Posted by Michael Becker on 01-02-2009 09:15
#1
Hello,
this fly, whose length I estimated 9mm, is from July from about 2000m height in the austrian alps.
My guess would be a Callicera species because of the long antennae. Is this correct? Can perhaps something be said about the species?
Thanks,
Michael
Edited by Michael Becker on 02-02-2009 07:04
Posted by pierred on 01-02-2009 09:23
#2
Hello,
I think that, in the genus
Callicera, the arista is at the end of the third segment. I would bet on a
Microdon.
Posted by Roger Thomason on 01-02-2009 09:38
#3
As Pierre says it looks like a Microdon, which in the Gallery we have M devius.
Edited by Roger Thomason on 02-02-2009 07:25
Posted by Michael Becker on 02-02-2009 07:04
#4
Hello Pierre, hello Roger,
yes you are right. I will label the pictures as Microdon sp.. Are there other species than Microdon devius here in middle europe?
Thanks,
Michael
Posted by pierred on 02-02-2009 08:02
#5
Hello,
According to Fauna europaea, four species are present in Germany,
M. analis,
M. devius,
M. miki and
M. mutabilis.
Posted by Michael Becker on 02-02-2009 19:36
#6
Thank you Pierre,
I will let it be Microdon sp.
Michael