Melanosoma

 

Introduction

Melanosoma are greyish Conopids, which resemble a greyish, clear winged Myopa. Adults visit Umbellifers.

Key
1.a Legs at least partly yellowish brown; tarsae pale; abdomen dulled by dust -> 2

1.b Legs black; wing with median part blackened. Male: abdomen reddish yellow with black apex. Female: abdomen black. 6-10 mm. D. -> Melanosoma bicolor Meigen

2.a Abdomen with yellowish grey dust, pale on 2nd tergite. Female: anal segmetn of abdomen red. 4.5-7.5 mm. D. -> Melanosoma pallipes Meigen

Jizz: greyish dusted: looks like a Thecophora.

2.b. Abdomen yellowish shining, without reddish or yellowish parts. Female: analsegment of abdomen black. 7-7.5 mm. B, D. -> Melanosoma rubripes Villeneuve

Literature

Kröber O. 1925. Conopidae. Fliegen der Palaearktische Region 35. Stuttgart.

Van Veen M. 1984. De Blaaskopvliegen en roofvliegen van Nederland en België. Jeugdbondsuitgeverij, Utrecht.

Last updated 24.10.2004