Posted by pengie on 02-02-2015 19:15
#1
Hello,
can sombody tell me the name of this species.
We found it in June next to a woody area (SW-Germany).
One Key (Bothe 1996) told me it's E. auricollis, but when i try it with Van Veen, i allway miss Episyrphus, because i can not see any hair on metasternum.
Thanks in advance!
Greets
p
Posted by Carlo Monari on 23-02-2015 22:15
#4
Hello,
looking both in Faunaeur Name Search and in the Nomenclator Query of Systema Dipterorum I don't find any
Episyrphus auricollis.
Maybe the presently accepted name is
Meliscaeva auricollis (Meigen 1822)?
Posted by pengie on 25-02-2015 17:51
#5
I think Meliscaeva auricollis is corect. As far as i know Meliscaeva was seen as a subgenus of Episyrphus, but in later works reinstall Meliscaeva as separate genus (Van Veen 2010)
Greetings
Pengie