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| Antonio Carlos |
Posted on 10-12-2012 13:57
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 Member Location: Petropolis, RJ - Brazil Posts: 107 Joined: 27.04.11 |
Please, can someone identify this Syrphidae? Coordinates of the place where I took these photos: Latitude: -22.538482357026, Longitude: -43.228336572647 Date and time: August 23, 2011 at 8.45am GMT+3 Thanks! AC Edited by Antonio Carlos on 02-03-2016 23:42 |
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| Mark-uk |
Posted on 10-12-2012 14:27
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 Member Location: UK - Hampshire Posts: 791 Joined: 01.02.10 |
Wonderful photos - but could you not collect them too? |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 10-12-2012 15:24
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 Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 9857 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Toxomerus? Note the notched hind edge of the eye at the middle of head level. |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 10-12-2012 15:41
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 Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Mark-uk wrote: Wonderful photos - but could you not collect them too? Collecting in Brazil seems to be restricted to people who can obtain permits backed by scientific institutions. For a serious Dipterist it might not be too big a difficulty but they'd probably have to do some networking in the museums and research institutes to get the contacts to give them the necessary support. Export would undoubtedly be an issue too. Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Antonio Carlos |
Posted on 10-12-2012 20:38
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Member Location: Petropolis, RJ - Brazil Posts: 107 Joined: 27.04.11 |
Collecting in Brazil is exactly as described by Chris. I searched for photos of Toxonomerus, but in none of the pictures I found, was a fly like that which is above. Thanks, Mark, John Carr and Chris. Edited by Antonio Carlos on 10-12-2012 20:42 |
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| Menno Reemer |
Posted on 10-12-2012 21:45
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Member Location: Posts: 343 Joined: 10.06.04 |
Yes, this is a Toxomerus species. |
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| Antonio Carlos |
Posted on 11-12-2012 15:00
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Member Location: Petropolis, RJ - Brazil Posts: 107 Joined: 27.04.11 |
Thank you, Menno! |
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| Drianis |
Posted on 18-03-2014 12:49
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Member Location: Posts: 3 Joined: 19.06.13 |
Hello, Antonio Carlos! Did you find out what is this Toxomerus? I have "some" of them in my collection as well, and I'm trying to identify.  |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 18-03-2014 13:54
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Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 9857 Joined: 22.10.10 |
One expert on tropical Syrphidae is F. Christian Thompson at USNM: http://entomology...sonFC.html. Among other publications, he coauthored a paper on distinguishing the "larger" Toxomerus. |
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| alepercol |
Posted on 18-03-2014 14:36
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 Member Location: Brazil Posts: 68 Joined: 30.07.09 |
Contact Mirian Morales and she will tell you the name of species. Profile: http://www.diptera.info/profile.php?lookup=1072 Regards "Não por acaso são os insetos tão apaixonantes" Subjects: Taxonomy, Systematics, Biodiversity. Area: Neotropical Region, Caatinga. Families: Ctenostylidae, Cypselosomatidae, Helosciomyzidae, Micropezidae, Muscidae, Neriidae, Pseudopomyzidae, Syringogastridae, Somatiidae. |
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but don't see the image in the post.