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

Posted by Juergen Peters on 19-04-2011 03:28
#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 20:34

Posted by Juergen Peters on 19-04-2011 03:29
#2
Male Melanostoma.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 19-04-2011 11:45
#3
I'd say the top picture is a Neoascia, perhaps podagrica.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 19-04-2011 20:34
#4
Paul Beuk wrote:
I'd say the top picture is a Neoascia, perhaps podagrica.


Thanks a lot, Paul!