Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Eumerus tricolor?

Posted by piros on 16-12-2012 23:12
#1
Pictures were taken near Mórahalom, about 20 km. W. of Szeged, S. Hungary. Date: 12. 05. 2012. I think it may be Eumerus tricolor. Can someone confirm or correct this tentative ID? (The wether was windy and the fly was extremely shy, so the pics are pretty bad...Sad)
Thanks for any help in advance!
Henrik
Edited by piros on 16-12-2012 23:13

Posted by piros on 16-12-2012 23:14
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Posted by piros on 16-12-2012 23:16
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Posted by piros on 22-12-2012 15:56
#4
I found a key for Eumerus here:

http://web.archive.org/web/20070429223255/http://home.hccnet.nl/mp.van.veen/KEYS/Eumerus/eume_key.html

The fly above keys out at E. tricolor (female), so, unless someone knows a lookalike in SE. Europe, I'll file this one under that name.
Thanks for your attention!

Henrik

Posted by Gerard Pennards on 24-12-2012 12:58
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You'd better put it away as Eumerus sp., van Veen doesn't cover all species in Europe, only the North west. I think there are more possibilities here.
Edited by Gerard Pennards on 24-12-2012 12:59

Posted by piros on 27-12-2012 15:47
#6
Thank you, Gerard! I'll follow your advice. Next year I'll try to collect specimens of this sp...

Kind regard,

Henrik

Posted by balmer on 27-12-2012 16:15
#7
Here is the Key of Eumerus (pars) cf. Séguy 1961
Edited by balmer on 27-12-2012 16:20

Posted by piros on 27-12-2012 16:18
#8
Thanks, Balmer, but I can't find the key!Frown

Posted by balmer on 27-12-2012 16:30
#9
This part of key of Séguy is sufficient (I think) to identify your Syrphidae.
The key is extracted from Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle (Paris) - Nouvelle Série - Serie A, Zoologie - Tome XXIII : Diptères Syrphides de l' Europe occidentale - 1961

Posted by piros on 27-12-2012 16:49
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Thank you again! But, according to this key, it is still E. tricolor...

Kind regards,

Henrik