Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Fly
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 18-06-2006 11:57
#1
Taken near Perth . AUSTRALIA.
ID please.. ;)
Posted by Gisela Merkel-Wallner on 19-06-2006 11:47
#2
seems to be a species of Platycheirus. But I dont know anything about australian Syrphids.
Gisela
Posted by Susan R Walter on 19-06-2006 14:01
#3
Certainly looks like a Syrphid, but according to the Bishops Museum catalogue for Australia, there are no Platycheirus. As with most taxa, Australia has its own peculiar collection of Syrphid genera, so you find a lot of para-this and austra-that, which look like the European species, but aren't. I've checked the list for possible alternatives, but don't know enough about what the peculiarly Australian genera look like to hazard a guess. I wondered about Melanostoma, but the list seems pretty dubious as to whether they reach Australia, although present in Japan, Indonesia and New Zealand.
I am always surprised at how rarely one sees hoverflies in Australia. There are lots of species, but they are just not as evident as in Europe.
Hope you had a good time in Perth.
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 22-06-2006 00:31
#4
Susan R Walter wrote:
Certainly looks like a Syrphid, but according to the Bishops Museum catalogue for Australia, there are no Platycheirus. As with most taxa, Australia has its own peculiar collection of Syrphid genera, so you find a lot of para-this and austra-that, which look like the European species, but aren't. I've checked the list for possible alternatives, but don't know enough about what the peculiarly Australian genera look like to hazard a guess. I wondered about Melanostoma, but the list seems pretty dubious as to whether they reach Australia, although present in Japan, Indonesia and New Zealand.
I am always surprised at how rarely one sees hoverflies in Australia. There are lots of species, but they are just not as evident as in Europe.
Hope you had a good time in Perth.
A note: This photo is NOT MINE. This photo was made by other person. By "myrmician" :). Not me. Besides, I never went to Australia...
Thank you for ID possible. :)
Posted by Gisela Merkel-Wallner on 23-06-2006 09:47
#5
Hello,
if you post a picture from another author, you should mention it. Otherwise there may be copyright problems.
Gisela
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 23-06-2006 18:02
#6
Gisela Merkel-Wallner wrote:
Hello,
if you post a picture from another author, you should mention it. Otherwise there may be copyright problems.
Gisela
I NEVER told that this image was mine! ok?
I always say when the photo is mine.
I'm fervorous against plagiarism!
Besides I'm in Portugal. :P
I hope that is clear now.