Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Syrphidae

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 08-06-2006 21:38
#1
Moscow region, 08 june, 5mm

Posted by Gisela Merkel-Wallner on 12-06-2006 18:57
#2
Hello,
this seems to be a female Melanostoma sp.

Gisela

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 12-06-2006 19:23
#3
Thank you Gisela.
In key Diptera of Europ part of Russia there is M. ambiguum - abdomen mostly yellow with (in case of female) metallic spots. All other Melanostoma - abdomen black (totaly or with yellow spots).
As far as I checked in i-net Melanostoma ambiguum is still valid species.
Nikita