Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Syrphus/Epistrophe?

Posted by Miroslav Fiala on 31-05-2009 07:57
#1

Please, help with determination.
26.4.2009, NPR Žebracka, Moravia, Czech republic

Edited by Miroslav Fiala on 01-06-2009 17:42

Posted by Sundew on 31-05-2009 10:41
#2

Yellow legs -> Syrphus ribesii Smile.
Regards, Sundew

PS. Use the Syrphidae forum, there you find more experts.

Edited by Sundew on 31-05-2009 10:44

Posted by caliprobola on 31-05-2009 18:08
#3

Epistrophe sp.

Posted by Sundew on 31-05-2009 18:45
#4

Ah - this is interesting! Till now I only knew Epistrophe eligans, which is clearly different. How do you tell Syrphus and yellow-striped Epistrophe apart?

Edited by Sundew on 31-05-2009 18:45

Posted by caliprobola on 01-06-2009 09:31
#5

jizz Grin

the thorax is more dusted en greenish in Syrphus, bands on abdomen are more yellow not orange,... idono

according to the key because the squamae don't have hairs on the middle Frown

this one has the hairs on the scutellum black so it should probably be somewhere around Epistrophe nitidicollis.