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 Helophilus pendulus?
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 13-06-2006 13:47
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9526 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Moscow region, 10 june, 6-7mm.
Nikita Vikhrev attached the following image:  [70.99Kb] Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Susan R Walter |
Posted on 13-06-2006 14:02
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 Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06 |
Nikita No, this is Anasymia sp. Helophilus stripes are always fairly bright orangey yellow. Anasymia have pale grey stripes and very strongly curved comma shaped abdominal patterns. Helophilus have different, more banded patterns. Again, I would have to look at my books to get to species level. Susan |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 13-06-2006 23:07
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9526 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Thank you Susan. My key isn't a fresh one, here Anasymia is still inside Helophilus. According my key it is "subgenus" Anasymia, it is not Anasymia (H.) lineata, probably A. transfuga. Nikita Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Susan R Walter |
Posted on 14-06-2006 12:59
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Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06 |
Nikita Try Mark van Veen's hoverfly key - I am fairly sure it is in English and on the web. I am not going to have time until tomorrow evening at the earliest to look up my key. [Just checked the downloads on this site - I was right - click on the download called Faunist] Also, if Gerrard or someone sees this, I expect they will know it for sure. Susan |
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| Menno Reemer |
Posted on 14-06-2006 14:54
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This is Anasimyia interpuncta. It's not A. lineata because it doesn't have a long snout. It's not A. contracta or A. transfuga because these species have abdominal markings in the shape of hockey-sticks. A. lunulata is similar to A. interpuncta, but the markings on tergites 3 and 4 are less angled in that species. |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 14-06-2006 16:00
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9526 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Thank you Menno.
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Dmitry Gavryushin |
Posted on 02-08-2006 09:42
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 Member Location: Moscow region, Russia Posts: 3345 Joined: 17.10.05 |
Is it the same one? August 01, 2006, Ozhigovo station, Naro-Fominsk district, Moscow region. Size 9mm. Dmitry Gavryushin attached the following image:  [140.52Kb] |
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| Kahis |
Posted on 02-08-2006 10:09
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 Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1999 Joined: 02.09.04 |
Nope, sorry. Black, your fly is a Anasimyia lineata. It has a longer face, almost a snout like in Rhingia. As a quick field character it is also useful to note the colour difference. To me lineata is a yellow&black fly with some grey parts, the other Anasimyia species are grey & black with little yellow here and there.
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| Dmitry Gavryushin |
Posted on 02-08-2006 10:44
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Member Location: Moscow region, Russia Posts: 3345 Joined: 17.10.05 |
Thanks a lot Jere, the snout's really much Rhingia-like. |
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