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Melangyna labiatarum?
Andreas Haselboeck
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Posted on 24-06-2008 06:40
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 Hello,
last week I found this Syrphidae in the Rh?n-"highlands" - Germany.
Could it be Melangyna labiatarum?

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 Possible, but not easy to confirm by pictures (anyway, for me)...
 
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 Hello Andre,
thank you very much for your answer. So, it will be Melangyna cf. labiatarum.

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 Safer is: c.f. umbellatarum
 
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 Incredible shot! I never saw an assimetric-coloured fly.
 
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 Hello Andre,
must M. umbellatarum not be white colored?

So, safer might be Melangyna spec....Grin

It was also my first asymetric colored fly Shock

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Andreas
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