Thread subject: Diptera.info :: A syrphid

Posted by lweit on 13-04-2006 20:43
#1
A syrphid found in my garden in NE of France

Thank's

Posted by lweit on 13-04-2006 20:44
#2
a second photo
Edited by lweit on 13-04-2006 20:44

Posted by Paul Beuk on 13-04-2006 21:20
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I do not think those are tow images of the same specimen. The top one appears to be a male of Eristalis pertinax. Of the second I would say (but the genus has been messed up a little in the last few years and it has not had my attentione anymore for quite a while now) E. arbustorum.

Posted by Gerard Pennards on 13-04-2006 22:16
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No, Paul is not quite right I think. They both are males of Eristalis arbustorum, clearly recognisable by the 'hour glass'shaped spot on tergite 2!
greetings,

Posted by Paul Beuk on 14-04-2006 07:02
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Ah well, I thought a cone-shaped abdomen.... The tarsi were not very well visble, too. Smile