Thread subject: Diptera.info :: another fly to ID

Posted by Fernando on 03-11-2006 21:19
#1

I would like some help identifying this fly.
Thank you for your help!

Posted by Andre Jas on 03-11-2006 22:04
#2

Ji Fernando
Maybe Eristalinus aeneus?
Andr? Jas

Posted by Gerard Pennards on 03-11-2006 22:36
#3

Hoi Fernando and Andr?,
Indeed it is a Eristalinus, but this is the rarest of the four species in Europe.
This is a female of Eristalinus megacephalus, easily recognised by the yellow spots on the abdomen. Eristalinus taeniops also has yellow on the abdomen, but it has stripes on it's eyes, not dots like this one!
Nice find!
Greetings, Gerard

Edited by Gerard Pennards on 03-11-2006 22:36