Posted by Rupert Huber on 02-06-2025 08:22
#1
Hi everyone!
Is this a male
Coenomyia ferruginea? With this lot of yellow on the abdomen? The rest seems to fit very well.
About 15 - 18 mm
30.5.2025, Austria, Carinthia, at a forest edge near Oberschütt, about 540 m a.s.l., coordinates 46.57418,13.76306
Edited by Rupert Huber on 03-06-2025 07:42
Posted by eklans on 02-06-2025 11:27
#2
Hi Rupert, yes it is surprisingly orange for a male
Coenomyia ferruginea!
I compared it with "The Book" Zeegers, Schulten (2022): Families of Flies with Three Pulvilli: all other characters fit very well and there's no other species in Europe. Maybe it's a gynaecomorphous specimen and hopefully we'll receive a comment from an expert.
Posted by Rupert Huber on 02-06-2025 15:43
#3
Hi Eric, thanks for the answer! I was in "The Book", too, and then checked the pictures google showed. Nothing coloured like this.