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Hello Andre,

thanks for your comment! I was not aware of that species, thought T. vespiforme was indistinguishable (so I even did not take a look at the gallery and replied to a Syrphidae post - which I normally leave to the experts... ;)). Now I see that T. meridionale is also listed for Germany. I will have to take a look at my own pictures of the species (perhaps plural...).