Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Syrphidae? - No, Stratiomyidae, Odontomyia annulata
Posted by mammut on 06-07-2019 22:19
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Hi,
this relatively big and brightly coloured fly has been attracted by the flowers of an Euonimus on our balcony near Bologna, Italy on June 24, 2019. From its flight (standing still in the air for a moment) I guess it might be a Syrphid, but as it is holding its wings closed when posed, I cannot check the veins.
When flying it looks surprisingly similar to an Anthidium bee which appeared more or less in the same period.
Can you please help me to identify it - thanks a lot.
Franziska
Edited by mammut on 08-07-2019 22:35
Posted by mammut on 06-07-2019 22:21
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Posted by mammut on 06-07-2019 22:21
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Posted by mammut on 06-07-2019 22:22
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Posted by mammut on 06-07-2019 22:23
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Posted by Carlo Monari on 07-07-2019 07:50
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Stratiomyidae,
Odontomyia sp.
Posted by mammut on 07-07-2019 16:13
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Thanks a lot Carlo! (I had not thought at all of Stratiomyidae)
Running an image search I noted my specimen looks quite like O. annulata. Are there other species it might be confused with? (I saw that in O. flavissima the tip of the abdomen is black not yellow)
Kind regards
Franziska
Posted by Paul Beuk on 07-07-2019 20:28
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Odontomyia annulata,
ornata should have a blunt apex to the antennae, in this one it is pointed.
Posted by mammut on 08-07-2019 22:34
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Thank you very much Paul! It's a female, right?
Franziska
Posted by Paul Beuk on 09-07-2019 10:17
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Yup
Posted by mammut on 09-07-2019 14:28
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Thanks :)