Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Hover fly from Hong Kong: Milesiinae

Posted by chickenold on 30-04-2012 17:56
#1

Photo taken by my friend last Saturday near a reservoir. Can its genus be identified?
Thanks!

Posted by Gerard Pennards on 30-04-2012 20:46
#2

Nice! I'd say a species in the Milesia limbipennis group, and when it's from Hong Kong it should be a female Milesia balteata Kertesz, 1901.
Greetings