Posted by Sundew on 13-02-2009 01:36
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Hi,
I am still practising to discriminate between the Melanostomas, and this female I would call M. mellinum. I find frons and face shiny, not dusted, and I cannot see hairs on the arista. Do you agree?
The photos were taken in my garden in a summer evening, and the flashlight made the abdomen spots invisible - they would not be helpful in females anyway, as I was told.
Regards, Sundew