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dguzman58
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ID to genus of these 2 Syrphids? Please? 2500 msn Cundinamarca, Colombia, Cloud Forest
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I think Gerard Pennards will have an attack when he'll see these syrphids.
 
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The big ones are Dolichogyna, the small ones Toxomerus.
 
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thanks!! Thanks!!
 
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I beg to differ, I think the bigger ones are Lejops most probably L. mexicanus.

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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...
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