Reminds me of a syrphid, but also of a picture-wing fly. Your take? - Myolepta cornellia

Moved

Moved from Myolepta.

… Martin Hauser, 20 January, 2013 - 2:59pm

WOW,

I want to find one! Thanks, Martin, for following up on this.
The checklist in your paper (Reemer, Hauser, & Speight, 2005) this is still listed as M. aurinota (Hine, 1903) = M. cornellia Shannon, 1923.
Brian Brown also has it as M. aurinota at phorid.net. I assume that cornellia is the current name?

And thanks again for your good eyes, Ron.

… Hartmut Wisch, 20 January, 2013 - 4:05pm

It is a bit of a problem hone

It is a bit of a problem honestly... Chris Thompson distinguished (sometimes) cornellia and aurinota as two species and I have not seen enough material to made up my own opinion, and the character is hard to see in all the pics, so I just placed it there, which seems the closest name so far.. There seem to be several undescribed species in this genus and there might be some change in the names if somebody has the time to really look at the genitalia and more material. Unfortunately these flies are often relatively rare...So take this ID with a grain of salt! Cheers
Martin

… Martin Hauser, 20 January, 2013 - 4:09pm

Thanks, Martin,

for the quick reply!
I'll keep my eyes open for this.

… Hartmut Wisch, 20 January, 2013 - 4:11pm

Good hunting, Hartmut!

… Ron Hemberger, 20 January, 2013 - 8:18pm

That is a rare species, with

That is a rare species, with the scale like hairs on the body... I will check on the species next week when I am back in the US...

… Martin Hauser, 15 April, 2009 - 5:37am

Thank you very much, Martin.

I'll eagerly await your comments.

… Ron Hemberger, 15 April, 2009 - 9:35am

Wow! A Myolepta I believe! Th

Wow! A Myolepta I believe! That is an awesome syrphid Ron. Martin Hauser, or another syrphid expert, needs to see this... great find.

Eric

… Eric Fisher, 14 April, 2009 - 3:45pm

Wonderful! I though this was special.

Thanks, Eric.

… Ron Hemberger, 14 April, 2009 - 6:47pm

You must have ventured beyond

the parking lot for this & other recent posts, Ron. Congratulations!

… Hartmut Wisch, 14 April, 2009 - 7:00pm

Thanks, Hartmut.

This one wasn't far inside the gate. Saw the physical therapist today and am cleared for two miles, done in small increments, so I should be shooting farther afield.

… Ron Hemberger, 14 April, 2009 - 7:03pm