Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Melanostoma scalare? > Melanostoma mellinum

Posted by Lennart Bendixen on 21-01-2015 21:35
#1
Hi, Syrphidists,

is Melanostoma scalare in both cases correct?

Thanks for very-/falsifying.

Greetings,

Lennart

2014-09-18, 10 a.m., Germany, Schleswig-Holstein, Mohrkirch, wild meadow
Edited by Lennart Bendixen on 24-01-2015 19:01

Posted by Lennart Bendixen on 21-01-2015 21:36
#2
here's the other picture

Posted by Ectemnius on 24-01-2015 12:06
#3
Hello Lennart,

Seeing the female in the above picture I'd say M. mellinum on account of the shiny face. That same specimen is btw a victim of the fungus Entomophthera.

Greetings,

Ectemnius

Posted by Lennart Bendixen on 24-01-2015 18:57
#4
Hi Ectemnius,

thanks for your correction - seems very plausible.

Aha, a fungus - I always wondered why those flies look so very strange! Thanks for clearing this up!

Greetings,
Lennart