Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Stratiomyiidae: Beris sp.? (May-10, 2010) --> B. chalybata

Posted by Juergen Peters on 14-05-2010 23:49
#1
Hello!

Sorry for the bad picture quality. These dark 5-6 mm Stratiomyiids were abundant here (northwest Germany) at the forest this week (I saw only males). Beris cf. clavipes?
Edited by Juergen Peters on 15-05-2010 16:43

Posted by Juergen Peters on 14-05-2010 23:49
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Pic #2

Posted by Juergen Peters on 14-05-2010 23:50
#3
Other individual.

Posted by Stephen R on 15-05-2010 09:05
#4
I'd guess B. chalybata. I think B. clavipes has a striking orange abdomen.

Stephen.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 15-05-2010 16:43
#5
Stephen R wrote:
I'd guess B. chalybata. I think B. clavipes has a striking orange abdomen.


Thanks, Stephen.