Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Fly with orange legs...
Posted by DerAndereMicha on 06-06-2013 17:28
#1
Hello,
yesterday I found on a inland dune in Berlin a fly with orange legs.
Who can help me to determine the species?
Michael
Edited by DerAndereMicha on 06-06-2013 18:34
Posted by Sundew on 06-06-2013 18:26
#2
Nice to hear from you, but with a pic would still be nicer!
Regards, Sundew
Posted by DerAndereMicha on 06-06-2013 18:37
#3
Sorry, the upload doesn't work.
But now you can see a picture :)
Michael
Posted by Sundew on 06-06-2013 18:45
#4
Sure, a nice one! Syrphidae,
Chalcosyrphus spec. (compare mine in
http://www.dipter...d_id=48510). Yours seems to be less hairy on the legs, so perhaps another species. Let us wait for the Syrphidologists :D.
Edited by Sundew on 06-06-2013 18:46
Posted by DerAndereMicha on 07-06-2013 14:31
#5
Thank you for specifying the genus. Now I have checked the
"StN KEYS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF ADULT EUROPEAN SYRPHIDAE". If my photo shows a female, than this is Chalcosyrphus valgus. On another photo you can see the dark brown haltere knob.
Michael
Edited by DerAndereMicha on 07-06-2013 14:39
Posted by Sundew on 09-06-2013 13:13
#6
Thanks for the most valuable key! On the one hand, it enables us to ID not referring mainly to jizz. On the other hand, one learns how many important characters can hardly be seen in a photograph...