Gallery Links
Users Online
· Guests Online: 52

· Members Online: 0

· Total Members: 5,042
· Newest Member: jaseur
Forum Threads
Theme Switcher
Switch to:
Last Seen Users
· Lavendel00:26:25
· weia06:07:41
· Juergen Peters06:45:54
· Nosferatumyia06:56:33
· jpjepilou07:18:59
· Manu7008:06:31
· Mario Renden08:18:36
· CedricMondy08:20:25
· Calle Ljungberg08:40:04
· evdb08:42:30
Latest Photo Additions
View Thread
Diptera.info :: Family forums :: Syrphidae
Who is here? 1 guest(s)
 Print Thread
Which syrphid is it? > Platycheirus sp.
eguzki
#1 Print Post
Posted on 17-08-2008 20:23
User Avatar

Member

Location: Perkáta, Hungary
Posts: 1140
Joined: 12.10.06

Hello!

Slender hoverfly with big eyes. Found amongst dense shrubland near a meadow in Hungary. Formerly I have not seen this species. Rather small, does not reach 10 mm. I have more shots from it.

24th of July 2008
eguzki attached the following image:


[69.11Kb]
Edited by eguzki on 19-08-2008 19:44
Greetings, Tomi
 
amalia_raluca
#2 Print Post
Posted on 17-08-2008 21:06
User Avatar

Member

Location: Romania
Posts: 590
Joined: 22.03.07

platycheirus sp. needs more photos
Amalia
 
eguzki
#3 Print Post
Posted on 19-08-2008 19:46
User Avatar

Member

Location: Perkáta, Hungary
Posts: 1140
Joined: 12.10.06

Thank you Amalia!

Another view:
eguzki attached the following image:


[75.35Kb]
Greetings, Tomi
 
Gerard Pennards
#4 Print Post
Posted on 19-08-2008 22:11
User Avatar

Member

Location: Amersfoort
Posts: 1914
Joined: 07.06.04

Not Platycheirus, it's a male of Melanostoma mellinum!
Male Platycheirus have modified fore legs, in which the femura have different kinds of hair modification and the tibia and/ or tarsae have modifications like broadened tip of tibia and/or broadened tarsae.
Greetings
Greetings,
Gerard Pennards
 
Andre
#5 Print Post
Posted on 21-08-2008 20:35
User Avatar

Member

Location: Tilburg, the Netherlands
Posts: 2111
Joined: 18.07.04

Not that we see much of the tarsae... And it seems to have a dusted face.
Spots on second pic a bit like P. peltatus, but wrong legs. Dito argument for P. nielseni.
I'm in doubt Gerard.. But my first hunch also was Melanostoma. So it must be it Cool
Edited by Andre on 21-08-2008 20:39
 
www.biomongol.org
Jump to Forum:
Similar Threads
Thread Forum Replies Last Post
Fluffy syrphid larvae Syrphidae 1 30-06-2025 08:55
Platycheirus clypeatus or occultus Syrphidae 1 18-06-2025 07:49
British ?Platycheirus for ID Syrphidae 2 04-06-2025 21:12
Syrphid ID--> Sphaerophoria rueppellii Syrphidae 5 03-02-2025 16:50
Unknown Hoverfly --> Platycheirus sp. Syrphidae 2 27-12-2024 14:21
Date and time
10 July 2025 05:38
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.

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

19.06.25 15:33
I have the hard copy book, if you have any specific queries, but I'm not scanning the 500+ pages!

02.06.25 18:26
Anyone has "Chironomidae of the Holarctic region. Keys and diagnoses. Part 3. Adult Males Entomologica Scandinavica Supplement 34"? smolwaarneming@gma
il.com

28.05.25 20:57
I have Russian Coenosia. nikita6510@ya.ru

28.05.25 12:25
Is someone able to share with me "A key to the Russian species of the genus Coenosia"?

08.05.25 18:22
I have

03.05.25 08:35
Does someone has a scan of Nartshuk E.P. 2003. Key to families of Diptera (Insecta) of the fauna of Russian and adjacent countries. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute Vol. 294: 1-252 for me?

10.03.25 18:02
We are looking for a new webmaster https://diptera.in
fo/forum/viewthrea
d.php?thread_id=11
5023&rowstart=20

04.03.25 17:10
Please use the link posted below to remember and honour Paul, if you wish

Render time: 0.74 seconds | 230,747,361 unique visits