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PeterD
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Posted on 05-12-2011 12:41
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 Could anyone please help me ID this hoverfly? Image date October 2011. Location South central England, near Portsmouth.

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http://www.imagei...DxO-XL.jpg

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 Looks like an Eristalis sp.
 
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 E. tenax - vertical stripes on eyes.
 
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 Thank you both for your help. Greatly appreciatedTumbsUp
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If you have some spare money, there is a copy (together with keys to pupae and larvae) for sale by Hermann L. Strack, Loguivy Plougras, France

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Appreciate it, Tony Irwin! I got the hint to use the key next to Langton and Pinder key for females of Chironomidae. So no specific queries, except the keys... I will keep this on my list and hope th

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I have the hard copy book, if you have any specific queries, but I'm not scanning the 500+ pages!

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I have Russian Coenosia. nikita6510@ya.ru

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Is someone able to share with me "A key to the Russian species of the genus Coenosia"?

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