Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Eristalis pertinax

Posted by crex on 31-05-2006 19:32
#1
I suppose this is a Syrphidae sp, but I didn't find a match in the gallery. I have one more shot of this individual where the wingpattern is sharp (but not the head). Any chance of an ID? From midwest Sweden in may 2006.

Edit: Changed subject (Syrphidae sp?)
Edited by crex on 06-06-2006 21:47

Posted by Maddin on 01-06-2006 16:33
#2
It is a male Eristalis. And becuase the front tarsi are all yellow, it should be pertinax.
Edited by Maddin on 01-06-2006 16:33

Posted by crex on 01-06-2006 18:43
#3
Thank you, Maddin. I now have looked at other photos of Eristalis pertinax and it sure looks like one.

Posted by pierred on 02-06-2006 06:23
#4
Hello,

It is not very clear, but it seems me that there is a batman-like pattern on the thorax of this fly. Could it be Myathropa florea?

Posted by Gisela Merkel-Wallner on 02-06-2006 07:48
#5
That?s for shure an Eristalis. Myathropa florea has much more yellow on thorax and abdomen.

Gisela

Posted by pierred on 02-06-2006 20:37
#6
Gisela,

Thanks anyway.