Posted by Volker on 12-04-2022 05:58
#1
Hello,
yesterday photographed this striking fly in the garden on a sidewalk slab. Is this Gonia picea?
Germany, Saarland, Bexbach, Garden, Absolute Altitude 250 m, 11.04.2022
Greetings, Volker
Posted by Zeegers on 12-04-2022 06:42
#2
No. Let me make a clear warning not to use abdominal colouration in identification: highly unreliable.
This is a (melanistic) Gonia divisa (or a G. foersteri, a species o unclear nature)
Theo
Posted by Volker on 12-04-2022 07:33
#3
Hello Theo,
thank you very much for your quick reply. Should I then better write a cf. in the name or is G. divisa ok?
Edited by Volker on 12-04-2022 07:33