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Syrphidae? and no idea
Michael Stemmer
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Posted on 08-02-2025 09:38
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Hello,

can someone determine this fly? I´m not even sure, if it is a Syrphidae at all ...

Location: Germany, Rhineland-Palatinum, 53572 Unkel, river Rhine valley, Stux hill, dry and warm habitat (grapeyards), nearby deciduous forest (oak, beech ...), May 19th 2024.

Thanks in advance,

Michael
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Syrphidae is correct. Do you have a strictly lateral image?
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I`m sorry, Eric, but these are the only two photos I have from this fly.

At least any suggestions?

Greetings,

Michael
 
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Black legs, hairy eyes and face, scutellum with long bristles, silvery hairs on tergite's margin:
could be a female Cheilosia variabilis.
Greetings, Eric Kloeckner
 
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Hello Eric,

Could, but not for sure?
 
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Hello Michael, Cheilosia is a big and quite complicated genus and I'm not an expert but learning. Hopefully an expert will have a look at your fly and give us some certainty. It could attract an expert if you add Cheilosia cf. variabilis to the title of your thread.
Edited by eklans on 08-02-2025 17:34
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Good morning Eric,

so I think I´ll name it "Cheilosia cf. variabilis", if you don´t contradict.

Greetings from the river Rhine valley,

Michael
 
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I'd go for Cheilosia gigantea or proxima.
 
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