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 Syrphus ribesii or...?
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| lagura |
Posted on 13-01-2009 16:13
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 Member Location: Helsingborg, Sweden Posts: 1241 Joined: 24.10.08 |
I'm not sure whether this is a male S. ribesii or a S. vitripennis. I don't think it's a S. torvus becaus eyes don't appear to be hairy and frons is yellow. I could only find a male S. torvus in the gallery. Can someone enlighten me, please? Size ~11 mm Forest edge 23 July 2008 (Helsingborg, Sweden) Thanks! lagura attached the following image:  [117.35Kb] Edited by lagura on 13-01-2009 16:14  |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 13-01-2009 18:07
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 Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Hi Lars. This one I leave to the Experts. I had one determined by Gerard which I sent off to The Hoverfly Recording Scheme here in the UK which is in the Gallery there,but got a message from them to inform me that it couldn't be included in the Records without checking its genitalia....don't know how the other Records were verified, unless there are a lot of microscopes in circulation. So even a determination by the great people on this site means nothing to some folk. I have it in a file under S.vitripennis..Det. Gerard Pennards...That's good enough for me  .I enclose that photo, and think this one is probably the same, but remember opening line. Roger Thomason attached the following image:  [185.98Kb] Edited by Roger Thomason on 13-01-2009 18:14 |
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