Thread subject: Diptera.info :: ID Syrphidae

Posted by skero74 on 27-12-2011 16:58
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Valfurva near Bormio (SO) Alta Valtellina 1300 meters above sea level - Italy
Thanks for your help |t Roberto

Posted by Paul Beuk on 27-12-2011 20:05
#2
Meliscaeva cinctella?

Posted by skero74 on 28-12-2011 09:00
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Thanks Paul for answer. Same species of this link? http://www.linnea.it/diptera-mosche-zanzare/meliscaeva-cinctella.php

Posted by Mark van Veen on 28-12-2011 09:39
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With the triangular spots and yellow legs, it reminds me of Melangyna triangulifera.

Posted by skero74 on 28-12-2011 10:14
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Great! Thanks Mark. I have a doubt about faunaitalia checklists (there isn't this species):

Melangyna (Melangyna) Verrall, 1901

Melangyna (Melangyna) arctica (Zetterstedt, 1838) (N)
Melangyna (Melangyna) barbifrons (Fallén, 1817) (N)
Melangyna (Melangyna) compositarum (Verrall, 1873) (N)
Melangyna (Melangyna) labiatarum (Verrall, 1901) (N)
Melangyna (Melangyna) lasiophthalma (Zetterstedt, 1843) (N, S)
Melangyna (Melangyna) quadrimaculata (Verrall, 1873) (N)
Melangyna (Melangyna) umbellatarum (Fabricius, 1794) (N, S)

Melangyna (Meligramma) Frey, 1946

Melangyna (Meligramma) cincta (Fallén, 1817) (N, S, Si)
Melangyna (Meligramma) cingulata (Egger, 1860) (N)
Melangyna (Meligramma) guttata (Fallén, 1817) (N)