Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Which Hydrotaea? H ignava

Posted by RE Niks on 25-05-2022 18:52
#1

This fly looks like Hydrotaea, but which species? From a garden in N Netherlands.

Edited by RE Niks on 27-05-2022 22:29

Posted by RE Niks on 25-05-2022 18:52
#2

and a second picture

Edited by RE Niks on 25-05-2022 18:54

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 25-05-2022 19:54
#3

Most probably H. ignava

Posted by RE Niks on 26-05-2022 20:53
#4

Thanks for your helpful suggestion. Which trait (combination) suggests that it is H ignava?

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 27-05-2022 18:45
#5

Metallic bluish colouration, calypters should be dark, not capensis, not aenescens.