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 Eupeodes nitens?
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| crex |
Posted on 02-03-2008 14:00
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 Member Location: Sweden Posts: 1996 Joined: 22.05.06 |
Location: Midwest Sweden (Dalsland) Date: 2007-AUG-03 Habitat: Garden I tried to key it out, but I didn't even come to a conclusion as to what genus it is and I'm not gonna guess. Help, please! 
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| crex |
Posted on 02-03-2008 14:00
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| crex |
Posted on 02-03-2008 14:01
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| Andre |
Posted on 02-03-2008 15:00
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 Member Location: Tilburg, the Netherlands Posts: 2111 Joined: 18.07.04 |
Eupeodes sp., maybe nitens. |
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| crex |
Posted on 02-03-2008 15:58
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Member Location: Sweden Posts: 1996 Joined: 22.05.06 |
Thanks Andr |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 02-03-2008 18:08
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19045 Joined: 21.07.04 |
The frons suggests latifasciatus Theo |
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| crex |
Posted on 02-03-2008 18:21
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Member Location: Sweden Posts: 1996 Joined: 22.05.06 |
E. latifasciatus should have the yellow spots of tergites 3-4 "anterior edge parallel with anterior edge of tergites". I'm not sure that is the case here!?
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| viktor j nilsson |
Posted on 02-03-2008 19:27
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Member Location: Gothenburg, Sweden Posts: 203 Joined: 25.02.08 |
hi, this is my first post here so I should say hello to everybody! to the syrphid in question I do not have an answer to its specific identity but would like to add that the large, rectangular dark spots on the sternites should exclude E. latifasciatus? and I think that I see two distinct dust spots on the frons in the last picture, which latifasciatus obviously doesn't have. The sternite pattern is typical for E. nitens, but female E. nitens would have femur 3 entirely yellow and a much darker tergite 5, isn't that right? Could this be E. bucculatus? |
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| amalia_raluca |
Posted on 02-03-2008 19:43
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I vote for latifasciatus: frons entirely shiny, half black, half yellow tergite 5 with lateral margins yellow the yellow bands of the tergits 3 and 4 reach the lateral margins Amalia |
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| Andre |
Posted on 02-03-2008 20:16
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Member Location: Tilburg, the Netherlands Posts: 2111 Joined: 18.07.04 |
I see dusted frons. Another candidate is bucculatus, which also can have such yellow bands on the abdomen. This would also be more in line with Viktor's correct remark, about T5 being rather yellow. |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 02-03-2008 22:04
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19045 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Sorry. I missed the ventral picture (or was it there the first time ?) The black markings clearly prove that Andre was right all along: it is nitens. Nitens and nielseni can have frons in female similar to latifasc., this fooled me. Bucculatus has different frons. Theo |
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| viktor j nilsson |
Posted on 02-03-2008 22:35
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Member Location: Gothenburg, Sweden Posts: 203 Joined: 25.02.08 |
but still, i did not think nitens can have such a darkened femur 3 and yellow hind margin of T5! Zeegers, have you seen nitens showing these characters? |
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| Andre |
Posted on 02-03-2008 23:14
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Member Location: Tilburg, the Netherlands Posts: 2111 Joined: 18.07.04 |
Eupeodes is a very difficult, 'cause variable, genus. I wouldn't give this one a 100% certain ID. |
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| crex |
Posted on 03-03-2008 07:30
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Member Location: Sweden Posts: 1996 Joined: 22.05.06 |
Thank you all for your efforts! |
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| Jirka |
Posted on 08-04-2015 16:17
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 Member Location: Czech Republic Posts: 5 Joined: 03.09.12 |
Doesn't E. bucculatus have brighter antena? |
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