Thread subject: Diptera.info :: syrphidae in baltic amber
Posted by Di-dier on 21-12-2008 16:35
#1
Hello all!
Here is a syrphidae in baltic amber. As with the previous fly I will find out if it's a genuine inclusion after buying it.
Can somebody says something more specific about this syrphidae? Any idea of the genera?
Posted by Di-dier on 21-12-2008 16:43
#2
I don't understand why I can't attach pictures. It is in jpeg format and his size is 80 ko
Posted by Di-dier on 21-12-2008 19:06
#3
another try with gif format
Posted by Andre on 21-12-2008 20:01
#4
Doesn't look like a modern European genus to me.
Posted by Di-dier on 21-12-2008 20:55
#5
If you're right, it's a great news! :)
Posted by pierred on 22-12-2008 07:59
#6
Hello,
Could it be a Conopidae?
Posted by Paul Beuk on 22-12-2008 08:13
#7
No, it could not. ;)
Posted by Xespok on 22-12-2008 08:58
#8
Does any syrphid have a wing venation like this? The venation is kind of intermediate between Syrphids and Calyptrate flies.
Posted by Di-dier on 23-12-2008 17:22
#9
According to the illustrations I have, there is at least one genus with such veins pattern: Neoascia but femurs are thickened...
Posted by Maddin on 11-09-2009 22:21
#10
This is very likely a Syrphid from the genus Palaeoascia. This is one of the most common genera found in Baltic amber. There are several fossils described in modern genera, but this is often by superficial similarity and most species from Baltic amber should be placed in non-modern, e.g. new genera. The Syrphid fauna from this time was very different from the modern, and the climate was very different. There are a lot of connections between the Baltic amber fauna and the modern African fauna...
Cheers
Martin
Posted by Paul Beuk on 11-09-2009 22:30
#11
I have one somewhere in my moving boxes too. Might be something similar. Resembles
Cheilosia to some extent.
Posted by Valentin Nidergas on 09-03-2014 11:28
#12
Maybe
Microdontinae with the nervation ?