Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Syrphidae

Posted by dipdip on 19-06-2007 10:28
#1
Hello
this time I don't even guess ...
Regards Maja

Posted by Paul Beuk on 19-06-2007 11:22
#2
Melangyna.

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 19-06-2007 17:07
#3
Hello,
In my opinion it is a female of Epistrophella euchroma (=Epistrophe e.).

P.S. : I don't know E. coronata, but it doesn't seem to be present in Switzerland.

Regards.

Posted by amalia_raluca on 19-06-2007 20:43
#4
I think Stephane is right with the ID.

Nice photos,
BEst wishes,
Amalia

Posted by dipdip on 20-06-2007 09:16
#5
But M. van Veen says that the antennae of E. euchroma are pale. ???

Posted by caliprobola on 20-06-2007 10:28
#6
there is a great possibility to interpretate pale. the antennae in this specimen are brownish, not black, so one could say the antennae are (rather) pale...

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 20-06-2007 10:35
#7
They are, at least 1st, 2nd and lower part of 3rd are reddish.
Yellow spots are slightly oblique, and I can guess there are additionnal little yellow sposts on front corner of T3 and T4 on your 1st photo, moreover legs are very pale. All these features point to Epistrophella.
But I can be wrong...Wink

Greetings.

Posted by dipdip on 20-06-2007 11:46
#8
I see - everything exept the small additional spots. But it seems that not all females have them.
Thank you all very much for helping!
Greetings
Maja