Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Apidae

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 09-06-2006 11:52
#1
http://flickr.com...163551453/


Ordo Hymenoptera - Super Familia Apoidea - Familia ? (Apidae?)

Look at fly very near of bee. Wink

Can you provide the species of this bee?

Thank you.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 09-06-2006 12:02
#2
LoL, it remains diffcult: this is a syrphid fly, Eristalis tenax... Wink

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 09-06-2006 12:05
#3
Paul Beuk wrote:
LoL, it remains diffcult: this is a syrphid fly, Eristalis tenax... Wink


What? Frown I still make errors. Sad Can you explain why do you said that, I mean... a syrphid fly! and not a bee. Thank you a lot for advance!

Posted by Paul Beuk on 09-06-2006 12:19
#4
Generally, a look at the antennae will do the trick.
Bee: www.discoverlife.org/nh/tx/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Apoidea/Megachilidae/Hoplitis/simplex/images/Hoplitis_simplex,_male,_antenna_t.JP80412_77.240.jpg
http://www.discov...77.240.jpg

Fly: home.hccnet.nl/mp.van.veen/KEYS/Eristalis/eabusant.gif
http://home.hccne...busant.gif

Next, the number of wings: two in Diptera, four in Hymenoptera. I know that it can be difficult to oberserve how many wings Hymenoptera have, as the hind wings are smaller than the fore wings and the forewings usually lie over the hind wings.