Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Which Eristalis? --> E. pertinax

Posted by Juergen Peters on 18-04-2008 22:24
#1
Hello!

On first glance I thought, all these rather large and robust Eristalis from yesterday at the forest (northwest Germany) were E. tenax (the only species seen so far here this year). But on a closer look I saw, that the legs are yellow! So all E. pertinax (two females and a male)? Thanks!
Edited by Juergen Peters on 19-04-2008 00:31

Posted by Juergen Peters on 18-04-2008 22:24
#2
Second picture.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 18-04-2008 22:25
#3
A male.

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 18-04-2008 22:48
#4
You're right J?rgen, E. pertinax female and male because of the yellow fore and mid tarsi.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 19-04-2008 00:30
#5
Hello, Stephane!

Stephane Lebrun wrote:
You're right J?rgen, E. pertinax female and male because of the yellow fore and mid tarsi.


Thanks a lot! I knew that E. tenax was unlikely because of those light tarsi, but I was not sure if other species than E. pertinax were possible (the E. pertinax males I knew had a more conical abdomen).