Identification of Diptera (flies, mosquitoes, etc.)

It looks like a male horsefly. Probably the genus Tabanus or Hybomitra

Tabanus

please help me identify it. Animals from the Moscow region, in the city.

The second photo is a ktyr from the genus Dioctria.

By the way, Alex 2611, you are absolutely right, this species really has more northern specimens, which are much darker (clearly visible by the "skull" on the mid-spine and yellow on the abdomen).

So I look at it-it's like Myathropa florea, but it's different from my specimens in some ways. I have the same sirfid only from the Leningrad region....

who is it? A photo taken from the Moscow region.

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who is it? A photo taken from the Moscow region.

Again ktyr, pulls them to you, anna

Oh, I would live in Ukraine... The family is very interesting, but we have very diverse species in the north...
By the way, dear Pirx, would you like to comment on the sirfid from barry's message from 28.06.2008 ? It would be interesting...

Dear Alex 2611, duc come to us on Kolyma, to visit Finally, the main crowd buzzed with us - in the Crimea. I'm indifferent to them, but it's a pity.
And I've already commented out barry's message (see above).

Dear experts, Please help me identify who it might be. The gathering place is a pine forest, swamps near the border of Belarus and Ukraine.

Similar to the female Tipulidae, but short-winged.

Taken in the vicinity of Krasnoarmeysk (MO), except 01 (Moscow). Sorry that it's too much - it's accumulated...

01 - 19.07.2008
02 - 28.06.2008
03 - 29.06.2008
04 - 05.07.2008
05 - 28.06.2008
06 - 13.07.2008
07 - 14.07.2008
08 - 14.07.2008
09 - 22.06.2008
10 - 22.06.2008
11 - 28.06.2008
12 - 21.06.2008
13 - 14.06.2008
14 - 13.06.2008
15 - 13.06.2008
16 - 31.05.2008
17 - 24.06.2007
18 - 24.06.2007
19 - 17.06.2007
20 - 16.06.2007
21 - 16.06.2007
22 - 16.06.2007

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Taken in the vicinity of Krasnoarmeysk (MO), except 01 (Moscow). Sorry that it's too much - it's accumulated...

08 Episyrphus balteatus
13 Temnostoma vespiforme
12 Chrysotoxum bicinctum
14 genus Sphaerophoria
all the family syrphidae. Before the arrival of Pirx, do not take my definition seriously
01 04 16 also sirfids, but I will not venture to express my thoughts on these species
07 10 11 17 probably all ktyri 11 are clearly from the genus Dioctria
18 ? some kind of lioness ? I've never caught one like this...
03 06 22 tachins
22 the genus Gymnosoma to the species can only be determined by acquaintance with the genitals
03 Eriothrix rufomaculatus
I'm probably all.
Very beautiful photos!

This post was edited by alex 2611-25.07.2008 14: 53

the entire sirfid family. Before Pirx arrives, don't take my definition seriously

let's wait, it doesn't light up

Taken in the vicinity of Krasnoarmeysk (MO), except 01 (Moscow). Sorry that it's too much - it's accumulated...

01-female Xylota segnis (or a very close species) from sirfidae
02-Sciomyzidae
03, 06 and 22-tachins beyond my control...
04-male Epistrophe sp. (one of the former "Syrphus" s. l. in "Green")
05-dolichopodidka
07 and 17 - ktyri Dioctria
08-still male Episyrphus balteatus from sirfid
09-very beautiful photo Microdon aff. devius from sirfid (female, I think)
10 and 11-ktyri
12-male Chrysotoxum bicinctum from sirfidae
13 - male Temnostoma vespiforme from sirfidae, or a similar species-they are now fragmented, but we have few temnostomas in the south and I have never seriously reviewed them... By the way, alex2611, how do you like the nicely folded black front legs of temnostoma? "it mimics the antennae of paper wasps..."
14-female Sphaerophoria sp. (usually undetectable without accompanying males)
15-stilts, krasotulka kaka...
16-male Syrphus sp. from sirfid
18 - awesome motley, we do not have such... Chrysops from horseflies
19 and 20 - some muscoids (muscids? anthomiids? ...)
21-pusher-xanthempis?

Really, alex, you are right, very beautiful photos, it was such a pleasure to look at them! Thank you, NakaRB!
09 (microdon in dew) - one of the most successful ones I've seen in this genus.

Really, alex, you are right, very beautiful photos, it was such a pleasure to look at them! Thank you, NakaRB!
09 (microdon in dew) - one of the most successful ones I've seen in this genus.

microdon is not in the dew, but after the rain immediately. but it doesn't matter, he's still cute...
Thank you so much for the definitions, I'll throw in more photos later, if you don't mind . glad you liked it

19-Is it Pollenia sp. (fam. Calliphoridae)?

Chrysops is really cool, I've never seen it before.

 
Thank you so much for the definitions, I'll throw in more photos later, if you don't mind . I'm glad you liked it

Be sure to send it. We will not define it so we will admire it

08 Episyrphus balteatus
13 Temnostoma vespiforme
12 Chrysotoxum bicinctum
14 genus Sphaerophoria
all the family syrphidae. Before Pirx arrives, don't take my definition seriously

I was pleased - the sirfid identified all four correctly. Can still mean something

I'll bet you that. Dioctria is just photos 10 and 11. And photos 07 and 17 are just ktyri of some other kind. It's a pity I have all the boxes of flies out of reach, as luck would have it. If they were at hand , I would say it more precisely. And so you have to identify flies from memory.....

Alex, you're absolutely right about my misidentification. I know these thin ktyrs well, but Dioctria was on the tip of my tongue... Of course, this is Leptogaster sp. from a very characteristic corresponding subfamily. My fault. Fool. I'll get better
Alex, you are very good at identifying the actual sirfid. Do you work within the "Green" Determinant and Violovich?

Is it really Chrysops after all? Some not at all" mottled " wings he has....
Well, if Chrysops, then this is Chrysops sepulcralis.

Is this some kind of northern view? I've never heard of it. The translation of the name is "cemetery", if I'm not mistaken.

Yes, it's amazing. One of the most wasp-like species. And after all, it uses its own similarity! I remember very well my first capture of Temnostoma vespiforme. I look - a sirfida is sitting on a bush. I reach out to her, and she raises her front legs and turns into a vespid wasp. Yes, and moves these legs like a wasp antennae. It seems to be one hundred percent sure that this is a fly, but the hand refuses to catch (I didn't have a net with me, I was resting on the lake). He barely managed to catch it with his hand. This photo clearly shows this.


Good luck to all of you there! We have in (on) Ukraine temnostom and other krupnyak I caught toko in a purely forest area or in the Carpathians. If you want to identify your own people out of interest, here:
Krivosheina, N. P., Morpho-faunal study of sirphids of the bombylans group of the genus Temnostoma (Diptera, Syrphidae), Zool. zhurnal, 2002, vol. 81, no. 8, pp. 958-969.
Krivosheina N. P. Morphology of Temnostoma species of the apiforme and vespiforme groups (Diptera, Syrphidae). Post 1 / / Zool. zhurnal, 2003, vol. 82, no. 12, pp. 1475-1486.
Krivosheina N. P. Morphology of Temnostoma species of the apiforme and vespiforme groups (Diptera, Syrphidae). Communication 2 / / Zool. zhurnal, 2004, vol. 83, no. 1, pp. 75-92.
Krivosheina, N. P., New data on the structure of the genus Temnostoma with a redescription of Temnostoma meridionale (Diptera, Syrphidae), Zoologicheskiy zhurnal, 2005 (May), vol. 84, issue 5, pp. 605-610.

Alex, you're absolutely right about my misidentification. I know these thin ktyrs well, but Dioctria was on the tip of my tongue... Of course, this is Leptogaster sp. from a very characteristic corresponding subfamily. My fault. Fool. I'll get better
Alex, you are very good at identifying the actual sirfid. Do you work within the "Green" Determinant and Violovich?

Damn, definitely Leptogaster! I couldn't remember either.
Yes, sirfid unfortunately determine the "green" determinant and Violovich. Well, I recently got the corresponding volume of the "Determinant of insects of the Russian Far East" (well, more precisely, I bought all the volumes on diptera)
The main problem of fans is the lack of literature One plus-I only catch sirfid in the Leningrad region, or rather even in the Vsevolozhsky district of Flax.regions. Still, it's easier to define. And when I encounter Siberian or southern species, I immediately get lost.

Is this some kind of northern view? I've never heard of it. The translation of the name is "cemetery", if I'm not mistaken.

I've never seen or heard of it, either. Just in the" green " identifier there is one species with a black belly, legs and face-Chrysops sepulcralis. And I don't know Latin very well-I'm an amateur....

Good luck to all of you there! We have in (on) Ukraine temnostom and other krupnyak I caught toko in a purely forest area or in the Carpathians. If you want to identify your own people out of interest, here:
Krivosheina, N. P., Morpho-faunal study of sirphids of the bombylans group of the genus Temnostoma (Diptera, Syrphidae), Zool. zhurnal, 2002, vol. 81, no. 8, pp. 958-969.
Krivosheina N. P. Morphology of Temnostoma species of the apiforme and vespiforme groups (Diptera, Syrphidae). Post 1 / / Zool. zhurnal, 2003, vol. 82, no. 12, pp. 1475-1486.
Krivosheina N. P. Morphology of Temnostoma species of the apiforme and vespiforme groups (Diptera, Syrphidae). Communication 2 / / Zool. zhurnal, 2004, vol. 83, no. 1, pp. 75-92.
Krivosheina, N. P., New data on the structure of the genus Temnostoma with a redescription of Temnostoma meridionale (Diptera, Syrphidae), Zoologicheskiy zhurnal, 2005 (May), vol. 84, issue 5, pp. 605-610.

Some families of diptera are probably the only group with which we are lucky in the north. Temnostoma vespiforme I generally caught five kilometers from St. Petersburg. And such species as Vollucella inasis, Sericomyia silentis and lappona, Spilomyia diophthalma (did you get the name wrong anywhere?) generally caught in the city. I often visit the Saratov region, so striking is the poverty of the sirfid fauna in the steppe zone.
Thank you for the literature. I'm still a bedridden patient. By October, I'll start going straight to the Public Library (or whatever it's called now).

How nice it is to deal with a person who also likes different flies. Everyone collects butterflies or ground beetles, but for me the flies are a hundred times more beautiful and interesting.
The diverse world of sirfid or taheen is very interesting. And how many more interesting families are there.

Yes, exactly, or devius, or eggeri (now renamed sonorous analis). It's a pity I don't remember how these two types differ on the fly, but the qualifiers and the collection are different at work. But on the "Green" - easy, as far as I remember. Barry, you're doing great! Very clear photo! Are you still shooting 640s (or did I forget something...)?

Thanks! Vladimir Davydov is also leaning towards eggeri:
http://fotki.yandex.ru/users/barrylbm/view/65321/
I really shoot 640-m, the flash with a diffuser helps a lot, here is the assembly unit:
http://fotki.yandex.ru/users/barrylbm/view/35346/
At the initial stages, I still somehow dreamed of a DSLR, but then I adapted and calmed down. I think the quality is quite acceptable (at least for our web needs), and you can crawl into any secluded place.

And here it was hatched in a box on the balcony...

But this one was hatched in a box on the balcony...

Some kind of Conopidae

Damn, definitely Leptogaster! I couldn't remember either.
Yes, sirfid unfortunately determine the "green" determinant and Violovich. Well, I recently got the corresponding volume of the "Determinant of insects of the Russian Far East" (well, more precisely, I bought all the volumes on diptera)
The main problem of fans is the lack of literature One plus-I only catch sirfid in the Leningrad region, or rather even in the Vsevolozhsky district of Flax.regions. Still, it's easier to define. And when I encounter Siberian or southern species, I immediately get lost.

1. Alexey, I came across the main page of the forum here... Get well!!!!!!!
I send a postcard to strengthen my strength (sorry, not mine, but I don't remember the author, to my shame, I think, from the macro club ). This is a special oska for destroying flies

2. Yes, the DV determinant is good! The only modern edition in Russian for the definition of cranes. Although after the release - a lot of changes, for example, on Sphegina DV... I can repeat your second paragraph almost unchanged , with the difference that I am more familiar with the southern views. But there are very few of them against the general background of this forest group.

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I often visit the Saratov region, so striking is the poverty of the sirfid fauna in the steppe zone.

Yes, I confirm it. There is something to be sad about!
Or the Crimea is also a dead place for collecting sirfids. After the Crimea, in the Carpathians and in the Caucasus, I could not recover for a long time from the absolutely childish joy - the murmur flies in just the same indecent crowds !
What about Eumerini in the Saratov region, Alexey? Haven't you met them?

How nice it is to deal with a person who also likes different flies. Everyone collects butterflies or ground beetles, but for me the flies are a hundred times more beautiful and interesting.
The diverse world of sirfid or taheen is very interesting. And how many more interesting families.

I am also the same spiritless-crawling like a ground beetle Crimean, and I do not give her hands!

Thanks! Vladimir Davydov is also leaning towards eggeri:
http://fotki.yandex.ru/users/barrylbm/view/65321/
I really shoot 640-m, the flash with a diffuser helps a lot, here is the assembly unit:
http://fotki.yandex.ru/users/barrylbm/view/35346/
At the initial stages, I still somehow dreamed of a DSLR, but then I adapted and calmed down. I think the quality is quite acceptable (at least for our web needs), and you can crawl into any secluded place.

Especially pleased with the device from under the ice cream "Bourgeois" - it's cooooooooool!!!!!
barry, what do you think of the 650? The question is not idle.

1. Alexey, I came across the main page of the forum here... Get well!!!!!!!
I send a postcard to strengthen my strength (sorry, not mine, but I don't remember the author, to my shame, I think, from the macro club   ). This is a special oska for destroying flies  

Thanks! And thank you for the postcard - just two favorite bands, burrowing wasp and sirfida.

Yes, I confirm it. There is something to be sad about!
Or the Crimea is also a dead place for collecting sirfids. After the Crimea, in the Carpathians and in the Caucasus, I could not recover for a long time from the absolutely childish joy - the murmur flies in just the same indecent crowds !
What about Eumerini in the Saratov region, Alexey? Haven't you met them?

Alas, from the Saratov region I have very decent collections of bees, the rest is all in trace amounts. The steppe is a paradise for stinging hymenoptera. You pay attention mainly to them.

Especially pleased with the device from under the ice cream "Bourgeois" - it's cooooooooool!!!!!
barry, what do you think of the 650? The question is not idle.

The 650th is probably the best choice among the new compacts with a rotary display. At least in terms of optics, only the G9 is better, but its display doesn't spin. And for shooting insects always and everywhere (I hope it is for this camera), the rotating display helps a lot.
At the same time, I have tests for different glasses here:
http://barry.fotopage.ru/test/
PS. Then it's probably better to write in a personal account or via ICQ, otherwise we're completely zaofftopili here...

EVERYONE is kindly requested to look at the title of the topic!

- I suspect that the larva of this particular huge fly lives in our Pyatigorsk " Shameless baths "(which everyone takes for a "leech") and feeds on thermophilic blue-green unicellular algae... (the larva is flat, dark gray, well visually segmented, with a" head tube", reaches 5 cm. Today's photo.

- I suspect that the larva of this particular huge fly lives in our Pyatigorsk " Shameless baths "(which everyone takes for a "leech") and feeds on thermophilic blue-green unicellular algae... (the larva is flat, dark gray, well visually segmented, with a" head tube", reaches 5 cm. Today's photo.

This fly is called Volucella zonaria (Poda, 1761). Family Syrphidae.
There is no literature at hand now, but for some reason it seemed to me that its larvae develop in rotten wood.

- I suspect that the larva of this particular huge fly lives in our Pyatigorsk " Shameless baths "(which everyone takes for a "leech") and feeds on thermophilic blue-green unicellular algae... (the larva is flat, dark gray, well visually segmented, with a" head tube", reaches 5 cm. Today's photo.

Most likely, this is the larva of a lion fly (family ? Solvidae and Stratiomyidae).