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Dark syrphid ID? --> Platycheirus albimanus
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Posted on 10-05-2022 20:16
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Small dark syrphid with whitish markings on the abdomen and a shiny thorax. Photographed on chickweed in our garden in Mechernich-Satzvey (Germany) on 20 April 2022. Is ID possible? To me Melangyna umbellatorum seems to be an option. Thank you very much for your help.

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Platycheirus albimanus I think. Image 1 a male
 
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Hello Roger,
thank you very much for identifying this fly. I now see the distinctive clump of hairs on the front legs (pictures 1 and 5).
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Hans Theo
 
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