Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Eupeodes luniger?

Posted by Sundew on 18-09-2007 16:37
#1
Hi,
Can this syrphid be Scaeva selenitica? Shot on Adonis vernalis (Ranunculaceae) in the Spaeth-Arboretum, Berlin, on 22 April 2007.
Thanks for identification,
Sundew
Edited by Sundew on 18-09-2007 21:50

Posted by dipdip on 18-09-2007 17:15
#2
Hello
no not Scaeva. I think it's Eupeodes luniger female, but I am not an expert.
Maja

Posted by amalia_raluca on 18-09-2007 17:42
#3
I agree with luniger, female. Hope that we are not wrongCool

Posted by Sundew on 18-09-2007 17:49
#4
You are right - Scaeva selenitica should be more hairy. I did not know that Eupeodes flies that early, but the description of E. luniger fits quite well, especially the yellow spots not continuing to the abdomen margin, and also the wing venation. If there is no further disagreement, I shall label the photos "Eupeodes luniger".
Thanks, Sundew