Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Cheilosia latifrons? > probable uviformis male

Posted by blowave on 07-04-2011 23:25
#1
Hi,

Is this correct? Taken on 6th April, near Lincoln UK.

Janet :)
Edited by blowave on 18-04-2011 21:54

Posted by blowave on 07-04-2011 23:25
#2
pic 2

Posted by blowave on 07-04-2011 23:26
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pic 3

Posted by Andre on 16-04-2011 15:42
#4
Cheilosia mutabilis Great pics for the gallery :)

Posted by blowave on 17-04-2011 13:04
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Andre wrote:
Cheilosia mutabilis Great pics for the gallery :)


Thanks Andre! I had given up on this one, I'll put the pics in the gallery soon! :D

Posted by blowave on 18-04-2011 21:54
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Andre, dear Andre... I'm afraid I must ask how sure you are of this being C. mutabilis.

C. mutabilis is a notable species here, so I decided to pass it by Roger Morris and if it passed the test it would have been a good record. Roger felt certain it was not mutabilis, checking both keys in Stubbs & Falks and Van Veen.

He passed it on to Martin Speight, who feels fairly certain that this is Cheilosia uviformis. I have checked out the specimen on this site, it fits well.

The Hoverfly recording Scheme has very few records of it yet, and this cannot really be taken as a record but it is a probable uviformis.

http://www.hoverf....php?t=147

So, from going from a notable species, we now appear to have one which is a relatively new species here! ;)