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Muhammad Mahdi
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Posted on 12-01-2009 18:16
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 Hi,
The fly below was around 5-7mm long on a spider lily leaf. Pictured in Dar es Salaam. Can anyone ID please.
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 Yes, this is Syrphidae. I leave the more proper id for the pros.
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 Yes, a syrphid.
A female Eumerus sp., but it will be very difficult to get to species, it's a difficult genus, especially from Africa!
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 Thanks Gerard
Can you please tell me how you know its a female?
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 Females eyes are placed further apart. Males eyes almost touch each other in the middle.

There is a separate Syrphid Forum on this site.
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 thansk roger
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 The round abdomen and the yellow hairs around the scutellum are typical for E. feae. But there are several species in this group and only the males can be identified and only after the dissection of the genitalia... Nice fly and a great pic!
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 I collected several specimens of Emerus feae-group this season in Thailand. Males Grin
In my fly scutellum is all dark, but antennae, on the contrary, yellow.
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