Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Syrphidae, Israel Today

Posted by GlassOWater on 09-10-2007 13:09
#1
Found in Jerusalem, size about 10 mm I think.

Posted by GlassOWater on 09-10-2007 13:10
#2
Note the serrated and pretty big 3rd femur.
Edited by GlassOWater on 09-10-2007 13:11

Posted by GlassOWater on 09-10-2007 13:12
#3
Eyes quite far apart - female?

Posted by Susan R Walter on 09-10-2007 13:26
#4
Syritta pipiens? Not sure what the other possibilities where you are might be.

Posted by Gerard Pennards on 09-10-2007 14:12
#5
There are a lot more Syritta's in Africa, but not in israel.
This is indeed a female Syritta pipiens, nowadays a species from all over the world!
Greetings

Posted by GlassOWater on 09-10-2007 14:15
#6
Thank you both! I first tried to find all species of this genus, and then finding out that there over 30, and that the publication about the revision of the genus costs 78 euros, I thought I won't find out the species... Grin Thanks again!