Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Which Metopia male? (06.08.25)

Posted by Juergen Peters on 08-08-2025 20:06
#1

Hello,

a 7 mm Metopia in abandoned courtyard (northwest Germany). Species ID possible from these bad photos? Maybe M. argyrocephala?

Edited by Juergen Peters on 08-08-2025 20:06

Posted by Juergen Peters on 08-08-2025 20:07
#2

Pic #2

Posted by eklans on 09-08-2025 10:56
#3

I vote for M. argyrocephala
based on Thomas Pape (1986): Revision of Oriental and Eastern Palaearctic Species of Metopia
"Silvery part of fronto-oibifal plates covering anterior 0.4-0.5 and with an abrupt boundary to the grey posterior part"