Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Hover fly from Hong Kong: another Eristalinus sp.

Posted by chickenold on 03-05-2012 15:26
#1

Another Eristalinus seen in a forum in HK. Would it be Eristalinus lugens?
Thanks!

http://www.hkwild...?tid=65526

Posted by Gerard Pennards on 03-05-2012 20:40
#2

No, not lugens because the scutellum is orange, while lugens has a dark scutellum.
This looks like the male of Eristalinus rufus, described by a Dutch syrphydologist 'van der Goot'.
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