Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Muscid from 21.11.16: Phaonia? --> Mydaea corni
Posted by Juergen Peters on 28-11-2016 22:24
#1
Hello,
there were (as always) many
Phaonia subventa and tuguriorum on the wing these weeks. But this fly seemed to be different: rather big (10 mm) and more yellowish grey. A late
Phaonia valida? In nightly garden at light (northwest Germany).
Edited by Juergen Peters on 28-11-2016 23:49
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 28-11-2016 22:54
#2
Jurgen, I don't think so. Too amber-like is scutellum; too shining is thoracic dusting. It is Mydaea.
Posted by Juergen Peters on 28-11-2016 23:29
#3
Nikita Vikhrev wrote:
Too amber-like is scutellum; too shining is thoracic dusting. It is Mydaea.
Thank you, Nikita! That is interesting, too. I cannot remember having found a
Mydaea so late in autumn. I mostly find them in summer in the forest.
Edited by Juergen Peters on 28-11-2016 23:29
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 28-11-2016 23:33
#4
Mydaea corni. :)
Posted by Juergen Peters on 28-11-2016 23:49
#5
Stephane Lebrun wrote:
Mydaea corni. :)
Many thanks, Stéphane! I was speculating about exactly that species after Nikita's reply... B)