Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Beautiful fly with speckled wings

Posted by Jan Zwaaneveld on 19-03-2007 13:33
#1
I found this one in my photo archive. It was photographed on May 22nd, 2006, at the edge of a wooded area, close to the river Linge at Beesd, Netherlands. I did not record the size.

Because I did not know at that time how difficult the identification of flies is, I named it Platystoma semionatis after seeing some photographs of that species, an identification which I very much doubt now and which I would like to have confirmed (or corrected) at least.

Could anyone help me out with this one?

Thank you in advance!
Edited by Jan Zwaaneveld on 19-03-2007 13:34

Posted by Paul Beuk on 19-03-2007 14:50
#2
It is exactly that species. ;)

Posted by Xespok on 19-03-2007 15:06
#3
identifying this genus in Southern Europe becomes extremely tricky though.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 19-03-2007 15:10
#4
... but in the Netherlands there is only the one species. :D

Posted by Jan Zwaaneveld on 19-03-2007 16:44
#5
Hmm, not bad at all for the absolute beginner I was at that time B)
Thanks for confirmation, Paul!
Edited by Jan Zwaaneveld on 19-03-2007 16:44