Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Syrphidae. -> Leucozona glaucia (Female)
Posted by Pentti Ketola on 08-08-2010 05:24
#1
Hi,
can anyone suggest a species this Syrphidae ?
I take the photo on 6 August 2010 Kokkola, Finland.
Regards Pentti
Edited by Pentti Ketola on 02-09-2010 04:13
Posted by Pentti Ketola on 08-08-2010 05:24
#2
lateral.
Posted by Pentti Ketola on 08-08-2010 05:25
#3
head.
Posted by Paul Beuk on 08-08-2010 20:20
#4
I would not dare to name the species, but it looks as if this might be an intersex (distance between the eyes smaller than in ordinary female but still clearly separate). In intersexes in Syrphini the abdominal tergites usually are dark...
Posted by Pentti Ketola on 09-08-2010 04:42
#5
Thank you Paul!
Pentti
Posted by Gerard Pennards on 09-08-2010 09:08
#6
It's a female Leucozona glaucia. And indeed sometimes you see intersexes in syrphids in which the distance between the eyes is intermediate beween male and female. In this case however the eyes of this species are converging like this in the female, so nothing out of the ordinary!
Look at this female, another species in the genus:
http://www.diptera.info/photogallery.php?photo_id=6343
greetings
Edited by Gerard Pennards on 09-08-2010 09:13
Posted by Pentti Ketola on 09-08-2010 11:14
#7
Many thanks Gerard!
Pentti