Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Different Pipiza sp. for ID
Posted by Marion Friedrich on 12-11-2009 22:56
#1
Is a species ID possible?
Pictures were taken in Germany, Chemnitz.
The 1st photo is from June and the next two from July.
I guess the female could be P. quadrimaculata, but more than 10 species in Germany.
Are the next two P. bimaculata or do they belong to different species?
Thanks, Marion
Edited by Marion Friedrich on 13-11-2009 08:39
Posted by Marion Friedrich on 12-11-2009 22:57
#2
2nd fly
Posted by Marion Friedrich on 12-11-2009 22:58
#3
3rd fly
Posted by Marion Friedrich on 13-11-2009 08:19
#4
After searching in FaunaEU I think it is better to attach also the last two specimen.
Is it P. austriaca on the 4rd picture?
Posted by Marion Friedrich on 13-11-2009 08:22
#5
5th picture
This looks for me like quadrimaculata. Am I right?
Posted by Andre on 15-11-2009 16:36
#6
1. I agree
2. bimaculata/noctiluca
3. can't ID it.. do you have a lateral view of this one?
4. I agree
5. I agree
Posted by Marion Friedrich on 15-11-2009 17:47
#7
Thank you, Andre. It was very windy and so pictures are not very clear. I hope this view and the next one can help. Unfortunately it is not completely lateral.
Marion
Posted by Marion Friedrich on 15-11-2009 17:48
#8
2nd picture
Posted by Andre on 15-11-2009 22:13
#9
These pics are very good, because we can see the tarsae very well. And it confirmed my hunch, they are almost all very yellow! Still, because
Pipiza is extremely variable, it is still very difficult, especially from a picture. But for the moment, I would say it is a male
P. fenestrata.
Posted by Marion Friedrich on 16-11-2009 23:05
#10
Thanks, Andre. In the next days I will load the pictures up (as Pipiza cf. fenestrata), because this species is not in the gallery.
Marion