Posted by sanderbot on 26-08-2009 15:37
#1
Hello,
In July this year I caught a male
Merodon in southern Germany with a combination of characters I can not find in van Veen 2004:
-legs completely black, only knees leg 1 and 2 pale,
-small, 9,5mm,
-tegites completely unmarked,
-trochander 3 without protuberance.
I do not have a proper macro lens, so the pictures are poor, but I hope they still will help.
Anybody any idea?
Sander
Posted by sanderbot on 26-08-2009 15:40
#2
hm, posting pictures doesn't seem to work.
Posted by Andre on 29-08-2009 19:38
#4
If you found it in the mountains, it is right that Van Veen doesn't mention it because the book doesn't cover the Alpine area.
I don't know this species... would need it to make any ID..
Hope someone else here can help you based on a picture!
Posted by sanderbot on 31-08-2009 22:14
#5
I caught it some 100 km north of the alps.
On the forum of waarneming.nl I met Gerard Pennards who is willing to identify the ones I cann't. So I hope that somewhere during upcoming winter this fly gets a species name....
greetings,
Sander
Edited by sanderbot on 31-08-2009 22:16