Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Paragus quadrifasciatus

Posted by Maherjos on 04-09-2011 12:43
#1

Photograph taken on September, 04, 2011, in the wetlands of the Suárez Pond in Motril, Granada, Spain.
Immediate area of the Mediterranean coast.
Approximate size, no antennae or tails 8-9 mm
Very nervous. I only allowed one shot.
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www.hispabase.com/galeria/albums/userpics/10895/_MG_5360_R_Web_800.jpg

Appreciate your cooperation for identification.
Greetings

Edited by Maherjos on 14-09-2011 11:03

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 04-09-2011 13:20
#2

Syrphidae - Paragus - bicolor complex.

Posted by Fred Fly on 04-09-2011 15:03
#3

I think that this specimens belongs to the Paragus quadrifasciatus-"corner"

Posted by Maherjos on 04-09-2011 16:29
#4

jorgemotalmeida wrote:
Syrphidae - Paragus - bicolor complex.


Thanked jorgemotalmeida.
bicolor complex, does it mean to be a hybrid?

a greeting

Edited by Maherjos on 04-09-2011 16:30

Posted by Maherjos on 04-09-2011 16:31
#5

Piet wrote:
I think that this specimens belongs to the Paragus quadrifasciatus-"corner"


Thank you

Posted by Maherjos on 04-09-2011 16:40
#6

I've seen it, with which it has similarities.
http://www.dipter...d_id=40364

The lighter color can make a copy immature?

Posted by Fred Fly on 04-09-2011 17:14
#7

There is a large number of species only to devide by male genitalia. I think that the specimen of id=40364 belongs to a group around quadrifasciatus too. Finally we will never know it exactly.

Edited by Fred Fly on 04-09-2011 21:35

Posted by Maherjos on 04-09-2011 17:27
#8

Piet wrote:
There is a large number of species only to devide by male genitalia. I think that the specimen of id=40364 belongs to a group around quadrifasciatus too. Finally we will never now it exacty.


Many thanks for your explanation.