Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Baccha sp.? --> Allobaccha cf. apicalis

Posted by Joerg Schneider on 16-02-2025 16:12
#1

I saw this Syphidae twice in different parks in Tokyo, 2023 and 2024. This is Baccha sp i believe. Is more possible? Thank you for trying, Jörg

Edited by Joerg Schneider on 21-02-2025 17:11

Posted by Joerg Schneider on 16-02-2025 16:13
#2

2024

Posted by Juergen Peters on 16-02-2025 23:12
#3

Looks more like something near Sphegina to me (layish view).

Posted by Joerg Schneider on 20-02-2025 22:42
#4

I was told Baccha sp. by a Japanese museum's curator, who - however - is a lepidopterologist.

Posted by Joerg Schneider on 21-02-2025 17:11
#5

On Facebook Hoverflies of the World it was named Allobaccha cf. apicalis with the remark, that the genus needs a revison.