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| Marion Friedrich |
Posted on 14-07-2012 19:51
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Member Location: Saxony, Germany Posts: 1163 Joined: 07.10.09 |
It looks like Xylota florum in the gallery, but there are similar looking species. Can somebody confirm or correct? Thanks, Marion Photo: Germany, Saxony, 15.06.2012 Marion Friedrich attached the following image:  [116.7Kb] |
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| tristram |
Posted on 17-07-2012 23:04
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Member Location: Reading, UK Posts: 1333 Joined: 27.06.10 |
Stubbs and Falk (in British Hoverflies) say: "... X. florum can be readily distinguished from the coeruleiventris/jakutorum pair ... In the female the spots on tergites 2 and 3 are orange, and the grey dust spots on the frons are pointed towards the middle and do not meet." "Another narrow-bodied European species, meigeniana Stackelberg 1964, could easily be confused with florum. ... In the female [meigeniana], the hind femur has only short erect white semi-dorsal hairs which are confined to a small area near the base (in florum there are additional longer erect hairs extending along the basal quarter or more). ..." Edited by tristram on 17-07-2012 23:05 |
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| Marion Friedrich |
Posted on 21-07-2012 20:19
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Member Location: Saxony, Germany Posts: 1163 Joined: 07.10.09 |
Thank you for the key, tristram. It is a pity that I do not have additional pictures. The spots on the frons do not meet, but I can´t see enough to evaluate the hairs on the hind femur. Marion |
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