Thread subject: Diptera.info :: unknown Syrphid... > possibly Platycheirus europaeus

Posted by Lennart Bendixen on 21-01-2015 22:39
#1

Hi again,

who knows which genus / species this parasitised fly belongs to?

Thanks in advance!

Greetings,

Lennart

2014-07-25, 11 a.m., Germany, Schleswig-Holstein, Mohrkirch, wild meadow

Edited by Lennart Bendixen on 24-01-2015 20:12

Posted by Ectemnius on 24-01-2015 13:00
#2

Hello Lennart,

My best guess is Platycheirus clypeatus complex. Dust spots on frons seem to be triangular and tergite six seems to be largely black. P. europaeus?

Greetings,

Ectemnius

Posted by Lennart Bendixen on 24-01-2015 20:11
#3

Hi Ectemnius,
uh, that seems to be a heavy genus...hadn't heard about it at all.
Thank you for your help!
Greetings,
Lennart