Susan R Walter wrote:
Certainly looks like a Syrphid, but according to the Bishops Museum catalogue for Australia, there are no Platycheirus. As with most taxa, Australia has its own peculiar collection of Syrphid genera, so you find a lot of para-this and austra-that, which look like the European species, but aren't. I've checked the list for possible alternatives, but don't know enough about what the peculiarly Australian genera look like to hazard a guess. I wondered about Melanostoma, but the list seems pretty dubious as to whether they reach Australia, although present in Japan, Indonesia and New Zealand.

I am always surprised at how rarely one sees hoverflies in Australia. There are lots of species, but they are just not as evident as in Europe.

Hope you had a good time in Perth.

Gisela Merkel-Wallner wrote:
Hello,

if you post a picture from another author, you should mention it. Otherwise there may be copyright problems.

Gisela