Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Chrysotoxum (Syrphidae)

Posted by John Smit on 29-09-2007 17:48
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The abdominal pattern of the first species doesn't fit C. festivum, the spots are to broad. The fact that it has a dark band along the entire front of the wing and the glabrous look of the abdomen and the relative short abdomen make it C. intermedium for me.

The second one, if you closely at the fourth tergite, you see a very small yellow band from the yellow spot to the front of the tergite. Not the lateral side itself, but just before, this is characteristic for C. octomaculatum.

I jope this answers your question

John