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 Syrphid flower party- Chicaque Colombia
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| dguzman58 |
Posted on 14-07-2011 16:11
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Member Location: Raleigh, NC USA Posts: 130 Joined: 06.07.11 |
ID to genus of these 2 Syrphids? Please? 2500 msn Cundinamarca, Colombia, Cloud Forest
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 14-07-2011 16:17
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
I think Gerard Pennards will have an attack when he'll see these syrphids. |
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| Menno Reemer |
Posted on 14-07-2011 16:33
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Member Location: Posts: 343 Joined: 10.06.04 |
The big ones are Dolichogyna, the small ones Toxomerus. |
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| dguzman58 |
Posted on 14-07-2011 16:41
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Member Location: Raleigh, NC USA Posts: 130 Joined: 06.07.11 |
thanks!! Thanks!! |
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| John Smit |
Posted on 14-07-2011 17:13
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 Member Location: Utrecht Posts: 565 Joined: 05.10.04 |
I beg to differ, I think the bigger ones are Lejops most probably L. mexicanus. John |
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| Menno Reemer |
Posted on 15-07-2011 19:55
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Member Location: Posts: 343 Joined: 10.06.04 |
Yes, John is right: they belong to the subgenus Asemosyrphus of Lejops. The cause of my mistake seems to be that the genus Lejops is apparently (and erroneously) missing in the key to Neotropical syrphid genera of Thompson (1999). I had used this to identify a series of specimens from Mexico in my collection which look very much like the specimens on the picture. As Lejops is not included in the key, they keyed to Dolichogyna...
Edited by Menno Reemer on 15-07-2011 19:55 |
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