Thread subject: Diptera.info :: which Helophilus? None => Anasimyia lineata
Posted by Lennart Bendixen on 14-06-2015 09:41
#1
Hi,
to me this one looks like H. groenlandicus, but I'm not sure if Northern Germany belongs to the "Northern Holarctic" (in fact I don't really think so), where this species seems to live. So what it this, can someone help?
Thank you!
Lennart
2015-06-04, Germany, Schleswig-Holstein, Mohrkirch
Edited by Lennart Bendixen on 15-06-2015 06:20
Posted by bums on 14-06-2015 14:21
#2
my amateur guess is Anasimyia lineata,male.... :)
greetings, Chris
Edited by bums on 14-06-2015 14:21
Posted by Sundew on 14-06-2015 20:36
#3
Anasimyia lineata seems more probable indeed. It has a prominent snout (which seems to make the triangular shadow) and orange antennae.
Helophilus groenlandicus is absent from Germany according to Fauna Europaea. Its face looks very different and has a shining black stripe; the antennae are dark.
Views from different angles would be helpful!
Regards, Sundew
Posted by Lennart Bendixen on 15-06-2015 05:46
#4
Alright, thank you both, that sounds good! I hadn't even heard of that genus at all ;-). Thank you very much for the explanation, Sundew, it's quite plausible.
I just got one more picture of it.
Greetings, Lennart
Posted by Sundew on 15-06-2015 12:09
#5
With this picture, there are no doubts left. Why didn't you show it in your first post :o ? Just to test us ;) ?
Edited by Sundew on 15-06-2015 12:10