Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Eristalinus sepulchralis? E. aeneus m

Posted by Jann Wuebbenhorst on 16-04-2018 18:23
#1
This was found on 7th Apr 2018, Elbe River Floodplain, on Gagea lutea; size about 11 mm.
Is it Eristalinus sepulchralis?
best wishes, Jann
Edited by Jann Wuebbenhorst on 11-12-2018 08:25

Posted by Jann Wuebbenhorst on 16-04-2018 18:24
#2
2nd photo

Posted by johnes81 on 16-04-2018 19:50
#3
males: looks like the eyes are separated, so it will be Eristalinus sepulchralis.

https://diptera.i...d_id=81645

Posted by Jann Wuebbenhorst on 16-04-2018 20:38
#4
Many thanks for confirmation and detailed information. The eyes look separated indeed.

Posted by Chris Webster on 18-04-2018 17:29
#5
I think we see the eyes just touching in the first photo, towards the front of the head.

Also we don't see the stripes on the thorax typical of sepulchralis, so I vote for Eristalinus aeneus.

Posted by Jann Wuebbenhorst on 24-04-2018 10:29
#6
Hello Chris,
indeed, in the first photo it looks as if the eyes are touching, in the second photo I thought to see slightly seperated eyes. But I'm absolutely sure it is the same individual.
So I'll follow your voteWink

Posted by johnes81 on 24-04-2018 15:25
#7
I looked at the gallery the day after posting here and i see a photo of a male sepulchralis. the eyes are very separated, so this aeneus. I didn't know a photo existed in the gallery before. I've never found a male in three years. I always find females. I have no idea why this is so. anyway, i agree with aeneus. the eyes are not separated.

https://diptera.info/photogallery.php?photo_id=6568