Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Eristalis questions.

Posted by Tony Irwin on 23-08-2006 16:25
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But 'm not so confident with the rest! ;)
Number 1, 4 and 5 are abusiva females, showing a range of colour variation.
Number 2 I think is also abusiva, this time a male, but it looks as though it may have a plumose arista, in which case it's probably arbustorum.
E. abusiva is distinguished from similar species by the pale mid tibia, shown in some of your pictures.
Number 3 is a fairly robust species, I think a tenax female, though most of the diagnostic features are not visible.

Edited by Tony Irwin on 23-08-2006 16:26