Gallery Links
Users Online
· Guests Online: 56

· Members Online: 0

· Total Members: 5,076
· Newest Member: ViktorNebenfuehr
Forum Threads
Theme Switcher
Switch to:
Last Seen Users
· Volker00:13:03
· Michael Stemmer03:41:35
· ESant04:30:17
· varganimrod06:25:41
· weia07:07:43
· Juergen Peters07:35:44
· smol08:19:20
· NakaRB09:17:43
· nielsyese12:17:34
· tabiatdostu12:58:46
Latest Photo Additions
View Thread
Diptera.info :: Family forums :: Syrphidae
Who is here? 1 guest(s)
 Print Thread
Small Syrphid, Meliscaeva?
Niek van Wijk
#1 Print Post
Posted on 23-04-2008 18:42
Member

Location: Putte, The Netherlands
Posts: 576
Joined: 20.10.07

Dear forum,

I took a picture of this syrphid today on a window inside my glasshouse. Could it be a Meliscaeva sp?
Thanks for help,

Best regards,
Niek
Niek van Wijk attached the following image:


[124.88Kb]
 
jonas
#2 Print Post
Posted on 23-04-2008 18:48
Member

Location:
Posts: 351
Joined: 06.05.07

Not shure, but it seems more like a Platycheirus albimanus to me...
Could be wrong, better wait for the experts Pfft

bye, jonas
 
Dieter
#3 Print Post
Posted on 23-04-2008 19:54
Member

Location: Munich, Germany
Posts: 114
Joined: 15.04.07

This time it is Platycheirus albimanus (at least 99% - there are a few rare species in Europe which look very similar).

Dieter
 
Niek van Wijk
#4 Print Post
Posted on 23-04-2008 20:25
Member

Location: Putte, The Netherlands
Posts: 576
Joined: 20.10.07

Dear Dieter and Jonas,

Thank you very much for your detemination,

Best regards, Niek
 
Jump to Forum:
Similar Threads
Thread Forum Replies Last Post
Small black Tachinidae -> cf. Dionaea sp. Diptera (adults) 8 15-12-2025 16:49
Which small Nematocera? (09.12.25) Diptera (adults) 4 09-12-2025 19:33
Meliscaeva auricollis (18.05.2025)? Syrphidae 1 17-11-2025 11:12
very small Chironomidae/Orthocladiinae, maybe Krenosmittia camptohleps ? Diptera (adults) 5 15-11-2025 20:46
Small Suillia (Heleomyzidae) from 14.09.25 --> Suillia cf. laevifrons Diptera (adults) 4 17-10-2025 06:57
Date and time
25 December 2025 07:07
Login
Username

Password



Not a member yet?
Click here to register.

Forgotten your password?
Request a new one here.
Temporary email?
Due to fact this site has functionality making use of your email address, any registration using a temporary email address will be rejected.

Paul
Donate
Please, help to make
Diptera.info
possible and enable
further improvements!
Latest Articles
Syrph the Net
Those who want to have access to the Syrph the Net database need to sign the
License Agreement -
Click to Download


Public files of Syrph the Net can be downloaded HERE

Last updated: 25.08.2011
Shoutbox
You must login to post a message.

06.12.25 21:37
He last posted here in April, identifying some Chloropidae.

04.12.25 20:02
Dr Michael von Tschirnhaus, a leading expert on Chloropidae and Agromyzidae, died on 16 September 2025 at the age of 86. He will be greatly missed by the international community. R.I.P.

03.12.25 12:46
Anyone has the scan of "Harkness, R. D.; Ismay, J. W. 1976: A new species of Trachysiphonella (Dipt., Chloropidae) from Greece, associated with an ant Cataglyphis bicolor (F.) (Hym., Formicidae)

01.12.25 22:29
I will try to fix the messages this month. We have to make some other configuration changes before software goes out of support at end of year.

29.11.25 21:57
I would prefer not to receive any more messages from diptera.info signed by Paul... (Thread reply notification)... Could they be signed by ‘The diptera.info team’?

19.11.25 12:31
It is with deepest sadness in my heart that I announce that on Saturday, November 15, one of the great minds of world dipterology, prof. Rudolf Rozkošny, left us forever. Please remember him with a

15.08.25 10:15
For those specialists not active on Facebook, I just ask to consider to join our group on FB. Please, be aware that it is not necessary at all to be active on FB outside the diptera group. Actually, n

15.08.25 10:13
We received requests to get permission to ask for ID in our Facebook group, https://www.facebo
ok.com/groups/1798
95332035235/ Until now we pointed to diptera.info, but since Paul's passing we not

23.06.25 18:10
If you have some spare money, there is a copy (together with keys to pupae and larvae) for sale by Hermann L. Strack, Loguivy Plougras, France

23.06.25 11:18
Appreciate it, Tony Irwin! I got the hint to use the key next to Langton and Pinder key for females of Chironomidae. So no specific queries, except the keys... I will keep this on my list and hope th

Render time: 0.62 seconds | 254,140,908 unique visits