Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Unknown black fly with yellow halteres (29.02.16) --> Melangyna quadrimaculata (Syrphidae)

Posted by Juergen Peters on 29-02-2016 23:09
#1
Hello,

a 6 mm fly from a tree trunk at forest border at 3 °C (northwest Germany). I don't know into which family I should put it.
Edited by Juergen Peters on 01-03-2016 00:13

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 29-02-2016 23:16
#2
Male Melangyna quadrimaculata (Syrphidae).

Posted by Juergen Peters on 01-03-2016 00:12
#3
Hello Stephàne,

Stephane Lebrun wrote:
Male Melangyna quadrimaculata (Syrphidae).


many thanks! I was wondering about a Syrphid, but I could not find such a dark one flying this early in the year.