slender flower fly - Meligramma guttata

I`m glad you separated them a

I`m glad you separated them as this is a female and the other was a male. In the U.K. this species tends to have yellow spots in front of the scutellum but not invariably. The male has the frons totally yellow but with a thin back projection here.

… Bill Dean, 16 November, 2023 - 1:04pm

I changed the sex to male hav

I changed the sex to male having looked at the second image but looking again at this one, although not clear, the frons looks different, eyes perhaps separated and with a central black line with a club as in females. The abdomen looks broader in this one too. Could these be two separate individuals, one male,one female. This one being a female as I originally thought.

… Bill Dean, 2 May, 2018 - 7:45am

There was only one individual present

as far as I remember. Maybe it's the angle?

… Robin McLeod, 2 May, 2018 - 7:52am

The male has the frons totall

The male has the frons totally yellow/white or at most the upper third darkened. This clearly has a central stripe with club almost to antennae. I have sent it to Martin.

… Bill Dean, 2 May, 2018 - 8:00am

This is the second shot

of only 2 photos I took within a few seconds. It's possible one fly left and another appeared without me noticing.
I'll unlink them just in case.

Here's a link to the other individual, now they've been unlinked.

… Robin McLeod, 2 May, 2018 - 8:05am

I got the sex wrong. It is a

I got the sex wrong. It is a male.

… Bill Dean, 2 May, 2018 - 7:15am

Thanks again

I thought because the images were linked, adding sex for one would automatically apply to the other, but I had to do each separately (and also had to upload the images again each time, which struck me as odd, as I don't recall having to do that in past edits).

… Robin McLeod, 2 May, 2018 - 7:31am

Moved

Moved from Melangyna.

… Robin McLeod, 2 May, 2018 - 7:12am

I think this is Meligramma gu

I think this is Meligramma guttata... female.
Meligramma is generally considered a subgenus of Melangyna in Europe but some would give Meligramma genus status in North America.

The yellow stripe at side of thorax; yellow/white on the frons; tergite 1 yellow/white at side margins; markings on tergite 2 small and triangular; face yellow/white; scutellum yellow.
I have sent it to Dr. Martin Hauser.

… Bill Dean, 2 May, 2018 - 4:24am

Thanks, Bill.

There's a photo here showing the features you mention, and it does look very much like this one.

BugGuide has a page for Meligramma but no images yet, so I've made a place for guttata.

… Robin McLeod, 2 May, 2018 - 7:10am

Taking a second look at sex.

Taking a second look at sex. The fronds looks different in both specimens. Is it possible these are two separate individuals, one male, one female.

… Bill Dean, 2 May, 2018 - 7:14am

this one is a female..... the

this one is a female..... the species I seems to be correct, but I have seen very few specimens of this genus in the US...

… Martin Hauser, 2 May, 2018 - 10:20am