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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 19-07-2008 09:09
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7286 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Caught on a saltmarsh in Norfolk, England 16 July 2008. Female Helophilus species with female H.trivittatus (on left) for comparison. Any suggestions? Tony Irwin attached the following image:  [33.58Kb] Edited by Tony Irwin on 19-07-2008 09:09 Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 19-07-2008 09:10
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Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7286 Joined: 19.11.04 |
another dorsal view
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 19-07-2008 09:11
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and lateral
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 19-07-2008 09:12
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and face (trivittatus on left)
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 19-07-2008 10:13
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 Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
Hello Tony, your specimen has hind margin of tergites black, so I can suggest you a female of Hellophilus affinis. Fore tarsi should be darkened only on dorsal surface. Other characters seems to correct for me.
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 19-07-2008 10:31
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Thanks Stephane - I did wonder about affinis, but the fore tarsi are darkened below. 
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 19-07-2008 11:06
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Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
I don't know how reliable is that character, but I can't see anything else matching with this one. The close H. groenlandicus is very improbable by having a black area of hair on scutum, well darker legs, sharper spots on T2...
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| Andre |
Posted on 19-07-2008 16:50
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 Member Location: Tilburg, the Netherlands Posts: 2111 Joined: 18.07.04 |
Why not a very dark hybridus? They do occur... |
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