Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Small, unknown (18.04.11) --> Neoascia cf. podagrica

Posted by Juergen Peters on 19-04-2011 02:28
#1
Hello!

A 7 mm female with marked hind legs from a hedge yesterday (northwest Germany). Could it be Melanostoma sp.? There were many males of that genus around (second pic, M. mellinum?), but this was the only female.
Edited by Juergen Peters on 19-04-2011 19:34

Posted by Juergen Peters on 19-04-2011 02:29
#2
Male Melanostoma.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 19-04-2011 10:45
#3
I'd say the top picture is a Neoascia, perhaps podagrica.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 19-04-2011 19:34
#4
Paul Beuk wrote:
I'd say the top picture is a Neoascia, perhaps podagrica.


Thanks a lot, Paul!