Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Merodon ID, please
Posted by treebeard on 16-04-2017 10:04
#1
Can anybody help me to identify this older picture?
Slovakia, Carpathians, Great Fatra mts., 550 m.a.s.l., 21 June 2015
Thank you in advance
Posted by treebeard on 16-04-2017 10:04
#2
one more picture
Posted by treebeard on 16-04-2017 10:07
#3
and one more
habitat: valey. small opening in beech-fir-spruce forest, near village, limestone area
Posted by piros on 16-04-2017 10:49
#4
Merodon nigritarsis (female)?
Greetings,
Henrik
Edited by piros on 16-04-2017 10:49
Posted by treebeard on 16-04-2017 11:43
#5
Thank you very much,
the species you suggested is not in Slovak checklist, and I am not sure about its host plant (StN suggestHhyacynthus and Muscari - maybe in the gardens in the village?).
Your suggestion matches some pictures on the web.
What do you thing abut Merodon rufus? Thats the species I keyed out using M.P.Veen key, howvever, it is incomplete.
best regards
Matej
Posted by piros on 16-04-2017 12:23
#6
Yes, I think you are right!