Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Myopa? -> yes, Myopa sp.
Posted by Michael Becker on 13-04-2010 19:37
#1
Hello,
this ~8mm is from today from a playground near Cologne. In the galleries I found some similar
Myopa species. Is this genus correct? Can perhaps also the species be identified?
Thanks,
Michael
Edited by Michael Becker on 14-04-2010 21:01
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 13-04-2010 20:28
#2
yes. Myopa
Posted by rvanderweele on 13-04-2010 21:26
#3
Isn't she cute?
Posted by Michael Becker on 14-04-2010 19:32
#4
Thank you for your answers. Then with those black and white spots on the wings it can only be
Myopa buccata, or are there other such species?
Michael
Posted by rvanderweele on 14-04-2010 20:26
#5
No, it is not Buccata, since the middle cross vein is not whitish, but dark.
It belongs to the testacea-group, but I think it is difficult to say which species from this photo. I just may add that it appears (!) perhaps to me quite hairy. But I can't see the hairs on the abdomen.
Maybe somebody else would like to bet?
Posted by Michael Becker on 14-04-2010 21:00
#6
Thank you again for the answer. The position of the fly was so unfavorable, that I couldn't make a better photo of the abdomen. I will safe the pictures as
Myopa sp.
Michael
Posted by rvanderweele on 15-04-2010 06:19
#7
It's a pleasure! Don't worry too much that we can't decide which species; it is a lovely photo. I like it a lot