Posted by Juergen Peters on 01-08-2006 23:13
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Hello Tony,
thanks for your reply!
Tony Irwin wrote:
Could be, but it is difficult to separate male strigosus from scolopaceus.
My first thought was indeed
R. scolopaceus, but isn't that a spring species? They were numerous here, but have disappeared some weeks ago. Additionally the current flies are considerably smaller than
R. scolopaceus.
Also there is another species, latipennis that occurs in Germany. In this species the wings are rather broader than the others, and this may be what you have photographed. It is difficult to tell from the angle of the shot.
Of course the wings seem relatively broad to me. I have added another photo more from above.
Edited by Juergen Peters on 01-08-2006 23:15