Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Syrphidae for identification please!
Posted by Isidro on 26-04-2018 10:36
#1
Pinned specimen of striking-looking syrphid, no data about location, in a museum of natural history in Bonn, Germany (Museum König). ID needed please!
Edited by Isidro on 27-04-2018 11:33
Posted by Gerard Pennards on 27-04-2018 22:30
#2
It's a male Chalcosyrphus sp., one of the red legged species
Posted by Isidro on 27-04-2018 22:38
#3
Thanks! Then looks like that it's probably an European species, I guess?
Posted by Gerard Pennards on 27-04-2018 22:46
#4
Well, it also could be Nearctic, there are also species like this...
Posted by Isidro on 27-04-2018 22:53
#5
Huh! I see that there are a lot of similar species! Chalcosyrphis valgus, femoratus, curvaria... There is no way of distinguish them?
Posted by Gerard Pennards on 27-04-2018 23:13
#6
Of course they are identifiable, but it would help to know where it's from.....