Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Chrysogaster sp.?

Posted by gedra on 12-12-2011 20:04
#1

This fly was netted June 18, outside Oslo, Norway.
I think it must be a Chrysogaster sp,?

rgds
Geir

Posted by gedra on 12-12-2011 20:05
#2

Side view

Posted by Ectemnius on 12-12-2011 21:57
#3

The abdomen seems to be shiny all over. The abdomen of Chrysogaster are dull in the middle. Those of Melanogaster are shiny all over. This fly seems to be of the latter genus.

Greets,

Ectemnius