Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Helophilus trivittatus

Posted by Sezima on 24-07-2013 21:01
#1
Good evening everybody,

can you please help identify this specimen ? Captured 5 July 2013, Southern Bohemia, Czech republic.

Thank you.

David
Edited by Sezima on 25-07-2013 20:47

Posted by rvanderweele on 24-07-2013 21:25
#2
It is better to say nothing, I hardly know anything about hoverflies, but isn't this a Helophilus trivittatus girl?

Posted by Gerard Pennards on 24-07-2013 21:50
#3
Yet, you say something again! :-)))
But! Helophilus trivittatus is correct, the only thing is tha't it's a male, look at the knob at the end of the abdomen. In Helophilus males are dichoptic.....

Posted by rvanderweele on 24-07-2013 22:14
#4
well, Mr. Pennards, I am almost a Syrphidae specialist then! Pfft Thanks for making clear the difference between the males and females!!! Always handy.
I think I remember to have seen this species in Hungary.

Posted by Sezima on 25-07-2013 20:48
#5
Thank you both Ruud and Gerard !

Regards

David