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Diptera.info :: Indonesian (Flores island) Hoverfly
Posted by
Mark27
on 05-01-2012 19:37
#1
Can anyone help me identify this Hoverfly from Flores? Taken near Mt.Kelimutu at c.700m asl.
Thanks in advance.
mark
Posted by
Tony Irwin
on 05-01-2012 21:26
#2
In the Western Palaearctic this would be
Episyrphus balteatus
, Don't know if this occurs in Flores, or whether you have similar species, but it seems to get most everywhere else!
Posted by
Gerard Pennards
on 05-01-2012 22:54
#3
Yes, it is a species of Episyrphus, but as far as I can see it's not balteatus. There are some morte species in the Oriental.
Greetings
Posted by
Mark27
on 06-01-2012 08:53
#4
Thanks Gerard, I will start searching, see if I can fine some Oriental species on the web. Mark