Brachypalpoides lentus (Syrphidae) - Rote Holzmulmschwebfliege

Description:

L: 11-14mmbiology: B. Lentus is a forest species (edges and openings) associated with mature trees of Fagus, Picea and Quercus and including evergreen oak forest. Larvae develop in fungi-infested dead-wood (Coarse woody debris) . Imagines fly from May till August. Adults may mimicking sawflies (Tenthedro, Macrophya) and/or spider hunting wasps (Priocnemis perturbator) / Die Rote Holzmulmschwebfliege ist eine Waldart, deren Larven sich im verpiilzten Totholz alter Buchenwlder entwickelt. Die Imagines fliegen von Mai bis August. Phylum: Arthropoda LATREILLE, 1829 (arthropods, Gliederfer)Subphylum: Hexapoda BLAINVILLE, 1816 (Sechsfer)Class: Insecta LINNAEUS, 1758 (insects, Insekten)Subclass: Pterygota LANG, 1888 (Fluginsekten)Infraclass: Neoptera MARTYNOV, 1923Order: Diptera LINNAEUS, 1758 (true flies, mosquitoes & gnats, Fliegen & Mcken)Suborder: Brachycera SCHINER, 1862Infraorder: Muscomorpha [Syn.: Cyclorrhapha]Superfamily: SyrphoideaFamily: Syrphidae SAMOUELLE, 18191 (hoverflies or flower flies, Schwebfliegen)Subfamily: Eristalinae NEWMAN, 1834 (drone flies)Tribus: Milesiini RONDANI, 1845Subtribus: Xylotina (Langbauchschwebfliegen), i.e. Xylota s.l. MEIGEN, 1822[det. D&JP Balmer, 2012, based on this photo]Genus: Brachypalpoides HIPPA, 1978Brachypalpoides lentus MEIGEN, 1822 (Rote Holzmulm-Schwebfliege, Schwarzfu-Langbauchschwebfliege)[det "tlegrand", 2017, based on this photo via diptera.info]NE-Slovakia, Slovak Paradise (Slovak: Slovensk raj) National Park, vic Cingov, 600-800m asl., 27.06.2012_______________________________________________100mm (canon 2.8), 1/160 s, f/9.0, ISO100, 0EV, no flash, hand-heldIMG_1433