Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Syrphidae? - No, Stratiomyidae, Odontomyia annulata
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| mammut |
Posted on 06-07-2019 22:19
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Member Location: Castel Maggiore, Italy Posts: 121 Joined: 06.12.11 |
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 mammut attached the following image:  [80.11Kb] Edited by mammut on 08-07-2019 22:35 |
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| mammut |
Posted on 06-07-2019 22:21
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Posted on 06-07-2019 22:21
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Posted on 06-07-2019 22:22
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Posted on 06-07-2019 22:23
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| Carlo Monari |
Posted on 07-07-2019 07:50
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Member Location: Milan, Italy Posts: 272 Joined: 28.04.11 |
Stratiomyidae, Odontomyia sp.
Best regards, Carlo |
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| mammut |
Posted on 07-07-2019 16:13
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Member Location: Castel Maggiore, Italy Posts: 121 Joined: 06.12.11 |
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 |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 07-07-2019 20:28
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Odontomyia annulata, ornata should have a blunt apex to the antennae, in this one it is pointed.
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| mammut |
Posted on 08-07-2019 22:34
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Member Location: Castel Maggiore, Italy Posts: 121 Joined: 06.12.11 |
Thank you very much Paul! It's a female, right? Franziska |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 09-07-2019 10:17
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Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Yup
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| mammut |
Posted on 09-07-2019 14:28
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Member Location: Castel Maggiore, Italy Posts: 121 Joined: 06.12.11 |
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