Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Epistrophe? flava? - 20.04.2012 -> E. melanostoma

Posted by Pierre-Yves on 22-04-2012 09:57
#4

Hi Brigitte :)

It's an Epistrophe but not E. falva, E. falva have not black "lip". It's either E. melanostoma or E. nitidicollis.
E. melanostoma has yellow-orange hairs on the scutellum.
E. nitidicollis has brown hairs on the scutellum.

So, I would have said E. melanostoma;)

P-Y