Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Unknown slender Syrphid (31.03.24)

Posted by Juergen Peters on 04-04-2024 19:22
#1

Hello,

unfortunately I could only take this photo, before it flew away. I have looked at all small Syrphidae in literature, that occur here in early spring, but I could not find a species with such small white spots in combination with such a slender abdomen. Maybe a Platycheirus?
On meadow near a hedge and forest (northwest Germany).

Posted by Carlo Monari on 05-04-2024 07:03
#2

Just a feeling: Platycheirus albimanus

Posted by Juergen Peters on 05-04-2024 21:39
#3

Carlo Monari wrote:
Just a feeling: Platycheirus albimanus

Thanks, Carlo! That was my first thought, too. But the spots seemed too narrow.