Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Melanostoma scalare (ID Andre)
Posted by cyprinoid on 07-08-2009 21:27
#1
Norway .07.08.09 somewhere between 10 and 15 mm
Edited by cyprinoid on 18-08-2009 11:23
Posted by conopid on 07-08-2009 21:31
#2
Melanostoma male - probably M.mellinum, but might be M. scalare - it's difficult to be sure.
Posted by cyprinoid on 07-08-2009 21:34
#3
Thanks!
Doesen't M. scalare have green(er) halteres? Or is that just female or a coincidence that mine had that?
Edited by cyprinoid on 07-08-2009 23:33
Posted by Andre on 09-08-2009 22:36
#4
Scalare. Halteres are no character to use.
Scalare: very dusted face. More slender, elongated abdomen.
Posted by cyprinoid on 11-08-2009 23:48
#5
Male scalare it is then, many thanks to both of you.