Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Brazilian Syrphidae #1 - ID Help

Posted by Antonio Carlos on 01-12-2012 15:17
#1
Could someone confirm if is this a Physocephala sp. and identify its specie?

Photo #1
c1.staticflickr.com/9/8068/8232925373_76f2cdfccd_o.jpg

Photo #2
c1.staticflickr.com/9/8350/8233986188_97def97149_o.jpg

Coordinates of the place where I took these photos:
Latitude: -22.53842290066, Longitude: -43.228336572647

Date and time:
October 20, 2009 at 10.20am GMT+3

Thanks for help!
AC

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December 3, 2012 - Subject edited
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Edited by Antonio Carlos on 03-03-2016 01:45

Posted by jhstuke on 03-12-2012 08:09
#2
Great picture but it is a Syrphidae.

Best wishes,

Jens-Hermann

Posted by Gerard Pennards on 03-12-2012 10:11
#3
Indeed, Jens-Hermann is right, it's a female Salpingogaster, possibly Salpingogaster nigra...
Greetings

Posted by Antonio Carlos on 03-12-2012 17:36
#4
Thanks, Jens-Hermann and Gerard Pennards!