Posted by gomphide on 19-06-2020 14:15
#1
Hi everybody, this is my first thread, so please apologize if I do something wrong, and about my english, and I'm not at all specialist in flies, only interested...
Very large fly, I'd say 10mm at least; in Switzerland, near Geneva and close to the French border; between prairie and edge along little river.
After search (Galleries, Forums and the keys I could find), I'd say probably
Suillia, and with arista seeming "plumose" and scutellum seeming hairy, corssveins shaded and size, species could be
affinis.
Is it possible to confirm or not? Thank you very much!
Edited by gomphide on 20-06-2020 15:29
Posted by Andrzej on 19-06-2020 16:36
#5
S.
affinis-species group ;). It could be
S. [i]gigantea [/i, but without specimen at hand the proper identification is impossible :|.
Edited by Andrzej on 19-06-2020 16:36
Posted by gomphide on 19-06-2020 18:18
#6
Thank you very much! I was expecting that species level was difficult to reach. So
S. gigantea doesn't have always more hairy legs?
Posted by Andrzej on 19-06-2020 22:22
#7
All males of
Suillia have more hairy body. The size of this specimen and the more brownish face and gena and the shape of scutellum are not typical as for
S. affinis and to me :D.