Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Stratiomyidae ?

Posted by Segin on 21-12-2010 22:16
#1

Hello,

can anyone help me to identify this fly. I found it on June, 27. in Switzerland.
The location was a meadow near a forest.
Thank you.

Regards,
Urs

Posted by rvanderweele on 21-12-2010 23:33
#2

Yes, a Chloromyia

Posted by Segin on 22-12-2010 18:05
#3

Hello,
thanks a lot for your answer. Is it possible to say which species?
Could it be a chloromyia formosa, or are there several possibilities?

Regards

Urs

Posted by Zeegers on 22-12-2010 19:33
#4

Yes, it is a female Ch. formosa.

You might have Ch. speciosa in Switzerland, but probably only in the southern valleys of Wallis and Tessin....
It has the metatars of middle- and hind leg contrasting yellow coloured.

Theo