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 Epistrophe? flava? - 20.04.2012 -> E. melanostoma
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| brigitteu |
Posted on 22-04-2012 08:07
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 Member Location: Switzerland Posts: 895 Joined: 08.07.09 |
Hi Switzerland, 430 msm, near Lake Zurich 20.04.2012, near housgarden and ditch Is it Epistrophe? E.flava? same as here, but the male? (sorry for the bad quality of pics) http://www.diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?forum_id=7&thread_id=43688 Any help would be appreciated. Kind regards, Brigitte brigitteu attached the following image:  [83.74Kb] Edited by brigitteu on 22-04-2012 11:15 |
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| brigitteu |
Posted on 22-04-2012 08:07
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| brigitteu |
Posted on 22-04-2012 08:07
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| Pierre-Yves |
Posted on 22-04-2012 09:57
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Hi Brigitte  It's an Epistrophe but not E. falva, E. falva have not black "lip". It's either E. melanostoma or E. nitidicollis. E. melanostoma has yellow-orange hairs on the scutellum. E. nitidicollis has brown hairs on the scutellum. So, I would have said E. melanostoma  P-Y |
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| brigitteu |
Posted on 22-04-2012 11:22
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Member Location: Switzerland Posts: 895 Joined: 08.07.09 |
Hi Pierre-Yves I didn't gave attention to the black lips :-( Thanks for ID and details! Kind regards, merci beaucoup! Brigitte |
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