Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Muscidae, Mesembrina mystacea

Posted by JariF on 01-05-2018 16:33
#1

Hi,

a large hairy bumbl-bee looking fly with base of the wings bright yellow.

Jari

Edited by JariF on 01-05-2018 18:41

Posted by JariF on 01-05-2018 16:33
#2

Wing

Posted by Renko on 01-05-2018 16:58
#3

Or maybe a male Mesembrina mystacea ?

Posted by Juergen Peters on 01-05-2018 17:05
#4

Hello,

Renko wrote:
Or maybe a male Mesembrina mystacea ?


I am no expert, and I did not find Mesembrina mystacea on my own, but the wing venation fits, and if I remember correctly, Ostridae do not posess a proboscis.

Posted by JariF on 01-05-2018 18:40
#5

YES ! That's what it is. I have never seen this species before and was lost. Thank You :)

Jari