Thread subject: Diptera.info :: fly with broken wings -> Cheilosia sp.

Posted by Michael Becker on 15-02-2011 06:35
#1

Hello,

this photo is from last july from the alps in Switzerland from about 1500m height. Because of the wings I even can't guess the family. Muscidae? Syrphidae perhaps?

Can anything be said about this fly? Length was about 9mm.

Thanks,
Michael

Edited by Michael Becker on 16-02-2011 05:19

Posted by Paul Beuk on 15-02-2011 07:38
#2

Reminds me of Cheilosia variabilis...

Posted by Menno Reemer on 15-02-2011 08:46
#3

It's a Cheilosia, but not variabilis. In that species the hairs on the tergites are all pale, whereas in this specimen they are partly black. There are several black-legged species in the Alps, I don't know which one this is...

Posted by Michael Becker on 16-02-2011 05:18
#4

Thank you for your answers.

Michael