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 Eristalis tenax or pertinax?
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| richard_thomas100 |
Posted on 06-07-2008 17:42
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Hi, i'm confused as to which of the Eristalis species this one is? Can anybody offer a positive ID? An explanation would be welcome. I thought tenax, but i've read somewhere that pertinax doesn't always have a tapered abdomen, and this ones legs seem quite yellow in places, which i thought swayed towards pertinax? Thanks Richard richard_thomas100 attached the following image:  [13.08Kb] |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 06-07-2008 18:07
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Certainly more like pertinax than tenax. Where was it photographed?
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| amalia_raluca |
Posted on 06-07-2008 20:29
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 Member Location: Romania Posts: 590 Joined: 22.03.07 |
in my opinion this is more like E. interrupta: the stigma looks very small Amalia |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 06-07-2008 21:31
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Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7285 Joined: 19.11.04 |
I think this specimen may be quite freshly emerged, so that the wing colours have not developed fully - the left wing does seem to show a long, though slightly faint stigma. There is a similar female with faint stigma at http://popgen.uni...tinax.html
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