Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Pseudodorus clavatus in Chile

Posted by Roden on 04-02-2015 05:01
#1
I have often found a fly that seems Pseudodorus clavatus , species not recorded in Chile. Could ( with photographs ) tell me if it corresponds to the species, or similar?

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Edited by Roden on 20-06-2015 01:56

Posted by Roden on 05-02-2015 14:41
#2
A simple question, is Pseudodorus clavatus (Fabricius) synonymous with Baccha clavata (Fabricius)?
Edited by Roden on 05-02-2015 14:42

Posted by John Carr on 05-02-2015 15:25
#3
Same species, originally Syrphus clavatus Fabricius, 1794.

Posted by Roden on 07-02-2015 22:47
#4
Then , since Baccha clavata Fabricius has registration for Chile, logically Pseudodorus clavatus Fabricius would record for Chile. Is this correct?

Posted by John Carr on 08-02-2015 00:20
#5
This is probably P. clavatus.

A new species was described in 2000, Pseudodoros vockerothi (as Dioprosopa vockerothi). It lives at elevation from 1000 to 2500 m in Ecuador, Peru, and Chile. Your fly's abdominal pattern matches clavatus and not vockerothi. There may be more undiscovered species.

See references here: http://syrphidae....ages/25641.
Edited by John Carr on 08-02-2015 00:20