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 Eristalis similis or pertinax? -> E. pertinax
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| Carnifex |
Posted on 25-02-2019 22:02
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 Member Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 1950 Joined: 23.06.15 |
Hi This fly is from late October (Vienna, Austria), could it be E. similis? I don't know when that species flies during the year.   Cheers, Lorin Edited by Carnifex on 08-03-2019 09:11 Cheers, Lorin Font Color All requests are from the urban area of Vienna, if not otherwise stated. My Diptera observations (and other living forms) can be found here, and corrections or comments over there would also be appreciated. |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 26-02-2019 19:04
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 Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3917 Joined: 28.07.07 |
This should be a female of E. similis according to the long pterostigma. The colour of the hind tibiae also matches well (compare https://www.flick...406901344/). |
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| Carnifex |
Posted on 26-02-2019 23:07
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Member Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 1950 Joined: 23.06.15 |
vielen Dank, Sundew!
Cheers, Lorin Font Color All requests are from the urban area of Vienna, if not otherwise stated. My Diptera observations (and other living forms) can be found here, and corrections or comments over there would also be appreciated. |
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| Carnifex |
Posted on 04-03-2019 10:50
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Member Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 1950 Joined: 23.06.15 |
or maybe Eristalis pertinax instead?
Cheers, Lorin Font Color All requests are from the urban area of Vienna, if not otherwise stated. My Diptera observations (and other living forms) can be found here, and corrections or comments over there would also be appreciated. |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 04-03-2019 17:08
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3917 Joined: 28.07.07 |
I see your point: E. pertinax has a rather long pterostigma, too (a fact that I overlooked), and is characterized by yellow front and middle tarsi. Looking at the second photo, this might be the case also here, at least the middle tarsus is yellow. In his key, Mark van Veen states that similis females look much like pertinax (but should have darker feet, like this male https://diptera.i...d_id=42019). So I retract my similis and change to pertinax. We learn: never forget to look at the feet  |
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| Carnifex |
Posted on 08-03-2019 09:10
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Member Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 1950 Joined: 23.06.15 |
Due to this thread I learned a lot, also the features of the other common Eristalis. So, helpful it was either way 
Cheers, Lorin Font Color All requests are from the urban area of Vienna, if not otherwise stated. My Diptera observations (and other living forms) can be found here, and corrections or comments over there would also be appreciated. |
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