Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Platycheirus ambiguus?

Posted by Chris Webster on 29-05-2010 22:41
#1

Seen at the edge of a wood, Oxfordshire UK on 13th April.
It doesn't seem to be Melangyna, so maybe Platycheirus ambiguus? Is the white face right for that species?

Posted by Andre on 30-05-2010 08:03
#2

It is one of the 'ambiguus'-group (covers several species much alike). Maybe ambiguus itself, but I wouldn't try to ID it based on a photo.

Posted by Chris Webster on 30-05-2010 22:51
#3

Thanks Andre
Guess I must check all those " P. albimanus" now till I find another specimen.